Arrested 3 judges and 1 prosecutor (Bülent Atmaz, Abdulkadir Boz, Bekir Duran, Sami Kurt) were sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in jail by Gaziantep 7th Assize Court for allegedly being members of armed terrorist organisation on 23 Feb 2018.

They demanded their acquittal and release by denying all accusations at the hearings.

After convicting and sentencing, court released them by considering their long detention period. They will be put in prison again if appeal courts uphold the convictions to serve remaining sentences.

Source:
memurlar.net

Dismissed and arrested prosecutor Bülent Çelebi was sentenced 6 years 10 months 15 days in jail by Adana 2nd Assize Court for being member of armed terrorist organisation on 22 Feb 2018.

He denied ByLock accusations by emphasizing there is contradictions about it and requested his acquittal.

After convicting and sentencing, court released him by considering his long detention period. He will be put in prison again if appeal courts uphold the conviction to serve remaining sentence.

Source:
memurlar.net

Dismissed and arrested judge Nuri Şahin was sentenced 6 years 10 months 15 days in jail by Gaziantep 8th Assize Court for being member of armed terrorist organisation on 21 Feb 2018.

He was accused of using ByLock secure mobile messaging application which was publicly available on Google and Apple Stores.

He denied accusations and requested his acquittal.

After convicting and sentencing, court released him by considering his long detention period. He will be put in prison again if appeal courts uphold the conviction to serve remaining sentence.

Source:
memurlar.net

Dismissed and arrested prosecutor Cem Doğan was sentenced 6 years 9 months in jail by Samsun 2nd Assize Court for being member of armed terrorist organisation on 16 Feb 2018.

He joined hearing via video conferencing system (SEGBIS) from Giresun prison where he has been kept in since July 2016.

He was accused of using ByLock secure mobile messaging application which was publicly available on Google and Apple Stores.

He denied ByLock use by emphasizing it might be technical failure (IP conflict) and asked his acquittal.

After convicting, court released him by considering his long detention period. He will be put in prison again if appeal courts uphold the conviction to serve remaining sentence.

Source:
www.gunes.com

Dismissed and arrested prosecutor Gürsel Örer was sentenced 6 years 10 months 15 days in jail by Erzurum 3rd Assize Court for being member of armed terrorist organisation on 17 Feb 2018.

He was accused of using ByLock secure messaging mobile application in 2014 which was publicly available on Google and Apple Stores.

He denied accusation and asked his acquittal.

After convicting, court released him on condition that travel ban by considering his long detention period. He will be put in prison again if appeal courts uphold the conviction to serve remaining sentence.

Source:
www.hukukihaber.net

Dismissed and arrested judge Şerafettin Akbaba was sentenced 7 years 6 months in jail by Adana 2nd Assize Court for being member of armed terrorist organisation on 19 Feb 2018.

He joined hearing via video conferencing system (SEGBIS) from Menemen prison where he has been kept in since July 2016.

He was accused of using ByLock secure mobile messaging application which was publicly available on Google and Apple Stores.

He denied ByLock use by emphasizing it might be technical failure and asked his acquittal.

After convicting, court ruled for continuation of his detention.

Source:
memurlar.net

Dismissed and arrested prosecutor Adem Çelik was sentenced 6 years 9 months in jail by Samsun 2nd Assize Court for being member of armed terrorist organisation on 15 Feb 2018.

He denied accusation and asked his acquittal.

After convicting, court released him by considering his long detention period. He will be put in prison again if appeal courts uphold the conviction to serve remaining sentence.

Source:
www.beyazgazete.com