Country: Turkiye

Trial Date: 3 July 2024

Court Location: Ankara 4th High Criminal Court

Charge: Terrorist Membership / Criminal

Journalists Diren Yurtsever, Berivan Altan, Ceylan Şahinli, Habibe Eren, Öznur Değer, Zemo Ağgöz are standing trial on bogus terrorism charges.

Authorities accuse the journalists of being "members of a terrorist organization." Evidence provided by the prosecution includes the journalists’ tweets in the Kurdish language, the journalists using Kurdish sources in their reporting, and news reports critical of government policies produced by the journalists.