Meriç Eyüboğlu, the attorney representing the journalists Eryılmaz and Mater, recalled that they had gone to the court on June 27 to testify but that the prosecution did not take their testimony. She added:
Parêzera Mater û Eryilmazî, Merîç Eyûpoglûyê dîyar kir ku ji bo heman lêpirsînê ew di 27ê Hezîranê de çûne dadgehê lê dozgerî îfadeya wan nestandiye.