Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office

An investigation has been launched into Sözcü columnist Bekir Coşkun for "inciting hatred" in one of his columns regarding Turkey's upcoming referendum on constitutional changes, Doğan News Agency has reported.

An Islamic State Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspect who returned to Turkey after defecting from the group has been released from detention because he had a "fixed residence."

Istanbul prosecutors on Dec. 27 issued detention warrants for 45 navy soldiers for allegedly using ByLock, an encrypted messaging application said to have been used by members of the Gülenist movement, who are believed to be behind the July 15 coup attempt. 

Seven academics from Yıldız Technical University were arrested on Dec. 15 over alleged links to the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of masterminding the failed July 15 coup in Turkey, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The detention of executives and columnists from the critical daily Cumhuriyet newspaper has been criticized by officials from the United States and Europe, with the U.S. State Department saying it supports Turkey's efforts to locate those responsible for the attempted coup, but was deeply concerned by the continuing pressure on the news media.

Eleven people, including executives and columnists of the critical daily Cumhuriyet newspaper, were detained in a series of raids on their homes early on Oct. 31, after prosecutors initiated a probe against them on "terrorism" charges. 

Turkish police have detained the editor-in-chief of daily Cumhuriyet and at least four other journalists, the newspaper reported early on Oct. 31, while CNN Türk reported that at least 13 warrants have been issued for the newspaper's journalists and executives.  

Followers of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen reportedly developed the smartphone app ByLock, which came to prominence after the attempted July 15 coup due to the coup plotters' usage of the app, before the elections of Turkey's Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) in 2014. 

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K??çdaro?lu has pledged to bring the now-dropped Dec. 17 and Dec. 25, 2013, graft probe cases into account.

A total of 26 former police officers may face trial as the indictment in the nine-year-long investigation into negligence by public officials in the assassination of prominent Armenian-Turkish journalistHrant Dink has been approved by an Istanbul prosecutor's office, daily Hürriyet has reported.