On August 30, 2016, İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's office issued a detention order for 35 people, including several academics and journalists, as part of the investigation against FETÖ following the coup attempt on July 15. 27 of the 35 detainees were later arrested. The journalists and writers were arrested on different days, and they had been waiting eight months for the trial to begin.
Di îdianameya ku ji hêla Serdozgerê Komarî yê Stenbolê Îrfan Fîdanî ve hatiye amadekirin de, ji bo bersûcan ji ber sûcên “hewldana jiholê rakirina pergala destûra bingehîn” û “hewldana jiholê rakirina hikûmeta Komara Tirkiyeyê” ceza tê xwestin. Dozger dixwaze ku her kesek du caran bi cezayê girtinê yê muebbeta giran ve bên cezakirin.