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Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper staff Reyhan Hacıoğlu, Pınar Tarlak, Hicran Ürün and its former staff Mehmet Beyazıt have been detained.

Journalists Outside initiative has made a call for Cumhuriyet trial to be held on March 9, Friday.

Journalist Oğuz Güven has been sentenced to 3 years and 32 days in prison in the trial in which he has been tried due to a tweet concerning a news report on death of Chief Prosecutor Mustafa Alper, who lost his life in a traffic accident.

Cumhuriyet newspaper correspondent Coşkun is charged with “Defaming Turkishness, Republic of Turkey, the state’s bodies and institutions” due to one of her articles.

Cumhuriyet newspaper correspondent Coşkun has been penalized to pay fine of 12,600 TL due to her report on judges and prosecutors becoming homeowners at a discount rate.

Journalist Arzu Demir has been sentenced in total to 6 years in prison because of her books titled “Dağın Kadın Hali” and “Devrimin Rojava Hali”. “I am glad I wrote, I am still writing”, Demir said.

The court has sentenced the journalists Can Dündar to 5 years and 10 months and Erdem Gül to 5 years in prison who are being tried over making report of MİT Trucks.