The owner and Editor-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Democracy newspaper ('Devrimci Demokrasý'), journalist Erdal Güler, was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. Güler had been released in October 2010 because of an incorrect notification: he had been in jail for three years on the grounds of alleged praising of the armed outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the clandestine Maoist Communist Party (MKP) in his publications.

The Istanbul 10th High Criminal Court convicted Güler of "making propaganda" for the MKP according to Article 7 of the Anti-Terror Law (TMY) by reason of issue no. 37 published in March 2004. The court initally ruled for a one-year prison sentece and a monetary fine of TL 440 (around € 220).

Güler's sentence was then mitigated to six months and TL 366 (around € 180). The journalist's lawyer, Ümit Sisligün, told bianet that the sentence has not been finalized yet and that they were going to file an appeal.

The indictment says that Güler "identified people as a target for terrorist organizations" in his writing entitled, "Expert on massacre and isolation receives medal". The journalist had criticized the fact that Ali Suat Ertosun, former Prisons and Arrests Stations General Director, was awarded with the "Medal for Excellent State Service" by the Justice Minister, Cemil Çiçek.