Mezopotamya Agency (MA) journalists Mehmet Aslan, Esra Solin Dal and free media worker Erdoğan Alayumat were detained in house raids on 23 April within the scope of the Istanbul-based operation.

The journalists, who were referred to the Criminal Court of Peace with a request for arrest after their statements to the prosecutor's office, were remanded in custody on the charge of "membership in a terrorist organization".

Esra Solin Dal would be taken to Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison, Erdoğan Alayumut to Metris Prison, and Mehmet Aslan to Sincan Prison.

Mezopotamya Agency journalist Mehmet Aslan announced his arrest on his social media account. In a post shared through his lawyers, Aslan wrote: "We have been remanded in custody. Our journey to truth is not daily, but lifelong. We will continue to write. Hope to meet you in the free days when we will come together again. Journalism is not a crime."