On February 14, 2011, the Turkish police took Pehlivan into custody following the search of his house and OdaTV office, and accused of being part of the Ergenekon organization - one a substantial number of journalists accused in relation to odatv. He was arrested and kept in detention at Istanbul’s Silivri Prison[2] in connection with his work at odatv, accused of links to the Ergenekon organization.[3] He was not brought before a judge and formally charged until more than nine months after his arrest, on November 22, 2011.[3] In September 2012, he was released pending trial following an judicial report confirming that the evidence collected against the journalist have probably been digitally forged and sent using a trojan horse to infect his computer.[4] Subsequent analysis of Barış Pehlivan’s OdaTV computer by digital forensics company Arsenal Consulting revealed local attacks, which required physical access, were responsible for delivery of the incriminating documents.[5]