Journalists working for pro-Kurdish outlets were detained in house raids.

Police raided the homes of Semra Turan, Delal Akyüz, Tolga Güney, Melike Aydın, and Cihan Başakçıoğlu in the early hours of the morning and detained them.

On February 6, TRT Haber dedicated 6 hours and 42 minutes to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AKP, while only providing 38 minutes to Devlet Bahçeli and the MHP, and a mere 1 minute and 23 seconds to Meral Akşener and the İYİ Party. There was no coverage given to Özgür Özel and the CHP.

The phone conversations between Veyis Ateş and the fugitive businessperson Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, accused of money laundering, have been included in the indictment. The prosecution has requested a prison sentence of two to five years for Ateş.

Evren, a reporter for the Kurdish-focused JINNEWS, is facing "terrorism" charges.

Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz said that the decision is a result of the pilot decision it made in 2021. He remarked, "When all the decisions are disclosed, a serious political censorship map parallel to political history will emerge."

A study based on bianet's Media Monitoring Reports and data entered into the Media Monitoring Database evaluates the freedom of expression for media outlets and journalists in Turkey over the past year.

It has been announced that services in some languages other than Kurdish will also be closed for "economic reasons."

The publication ban imposed by the Istanbul 5th Criminal Peace Judgeship on Sunday's church attack is not the first. In 2023, courts and judges issued 114 publication bans on various incidents. However, in 2019, the Constitutional Court and in 2021, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that such bans violate freedom of expression and the press. These bans not only affect the media but also amount to censorship of the public's right to information.

Mehmet Altıntaş was allegedly subjected to a physical assault by police officers when he refused to bowing his head while an officer attempted to push his head down.

The journalist may go to prison for "insulting" the attackers.

Hakkı Özdal, the Editor-in-Chief of Evrensel, claimed that the decision was political, stating, "We witnessed the connection between the defendant and the decision-makers with our own eyes." He emphasized that Evrensel would continue its struggle both against the regime's judiciary and directly against the capitalist class.