After the Istanbul 16th High Criminal Court released journalists Nedim Þener and Ahmet Þýk and Odat TV writers Coþkun Musluk and Sait Çakýr pending trial on 12 March, there are still 104 journalists in prison in Turkey.

The 104 journalists and 35 newspaper distributors/media employees were initially arrested under allegations of "membership of an armed illegal organization". Later on they were charged with "committing a crime on behalf of an illegal organization without being a member of the organization" and/or "willingly and knowingly assisting an illegal organization and being part of its hierarchic structure".

According to a list compiled by bianet some journalists are being tried under allegations of founding an armed or unarmed illegal organization, related instigation and administration or membership of that organization. A number of journalists have been convicted.

Only six journalists are facing trial directly on the grounds of the news, articles and books they wrote.

25 of the detained journalists are convicted, 29 are facing on-going trials and 50 journalists are still waiting for their indictments to be announced.

Out of a total of 104 journalists, 30 are current or former employees of the Dicle News Agency (DÝHA), 14 of the Azadiya Welat newspaper, 12 of the Özgür Gündem newspaper, two of the Evrensel daily, three of the Özgür Halk magazine and two of the Democratic Modernity magazine.