On August 30, 2016, İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had issued a detention order for 35 people including several academics and journalists as part of the investigation launched into the FETÖ following the coup attempt on July 15. 27 of the 35 detainees were arrested later. The journalists and writers arrested on different days, had been waiting to stand trial for eight days.
30 Ağustos 2016’da İstanbul Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı, 15 Temmuz darbe girişimi sonrası Fethullah Gülen cemaatine yönelik soruşturma kapsamında aralarında gazeteciler ve akademisyenlerin bulunduğu 35 kişi hakkında gözaltı kararı vermiş, 27'si tutuklanmıştı.