7 journalists from the usurped Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper appeared in front of a judge today in the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan. After the depositions at the prosecutor’s office, journalists Nedim Demirkıran and Mehmet Beyazıt were released on probation while the other 5 journalists including editors were referred to court with a demand for their arrest.

Mehmet Ali Çelebi, Reyhan Hacıoğlu, Hicran Urun and Pınar Tarlak were remanded in custody for alleged “membership to a terrorist organization, while Ramazan Sola was also released on probation.

The newspaper’s grant holder İhsan Yaşar and managing editör İshak Yasul were also jailed four days ago for “membership to a terrorist organisation” and “spreading propaganda for a terrorist organisation”.