Ali Gharavi was projected as a Swedish spy with Iranian origin, who marked Southeastern Turkey on a partition map and prepared encrypted information. According to this information, they were using back-up phones without name lists, they preferred disposable versions and the memory cleaner applications with timer settings. According to the article, the detained people in Büyükada were not alone. Several intellectuals were members of a Whatsapp group called “24th of July, Together We Are Free”. Some of the mentioned 70 members were journalist Ahmet Şık’s wife Yonca Şık, European Parliament member Joost Lagendijk’s wife Nevin Lagendijk, journalists Banu Güven, Barış Pehlivan and Mustafa Hoş, employees of the newspapers Hürriyet and Evrensel, former chair of CHP youth branch Barbaros Dinçer and one of the founders of HDP, Sezai Temelli. Journalist Mustafa Hoş created a flood on Twitter that the Whatsapp group was formed in order to gather in solidarity for the lawsuit of Cumhuriyet newspaper, and that he will “continue to tell the truth.” Barış Pehlivan also responded to allegations in an article which appeared on OdaTV, stating that “Gunes’s editor in chief Turgay Güler was a prominent Gulen supporter.” Prominent newspapers and news outlets reacted to this article. Lawyers of Evrensel filed a criminal complaint against Gunes. projected "Gunes" as “not a newspaper, but a provocation center”. "Cumhuriyet" also published an article regarding the issue, stating that it is an accusation with no grounds. An article also appeared on Diken, stating that "Gunes" newspaper is owned by Ethem Sancak, who is known by his ‘declaration of love’ to Erdogan. The Swedish government published a public statement two weeks after the arrests. The Swedish minister of foreign affairs, Margot Wallström, stated that it was the government's understanding that Ali Gharavi was in Turkey to attend a seminar about internet freedom and human rights. The government had asked Turkey to share the accusations towards Ali Gharavi as soon as possible. The governments also stated that they were taking the imprisonment of Ali Gharavi and the other activists that were arrested on 5 July seriously. The Swedish government were working actively with the case together with Germany.