Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court has sentenced former editor in chief of Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat, İbrahim Güvenç, to ten years three months and 22 days in prison for allegedly spreading propaganda on the sixth issue of the daily. Güvenç was also served with a pecuniary penalty of 16,500 TL.

Azadiya Welat's current editor in chief, Aydın Atar, is also being tried by Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court on the grounds of spreading propaganda for an illegal organization. Atar's trial is still going on.