An investigation has been launched against 433 filmmakers that supported the "We Won’t Be a Party To This Crime" declaration of academics.

The following statement was made in the document signed by İstanbul Provincial Police Chief Haydar Özdemir and sent to the Union of Artists: “During the ‘terrorist propaganda’ investigation numbered 2016/5734 regarding the 11328 suspects that made statements supposedly supporting the peace negotiations, an investigation on ‘praising crime and criminals’ has been launched against 433 artists that made a statement in order to support the aforementioned criminal statement.”

İstanbul Provincial Police Chief also sent a list of artists to the Union of Artists and requested that the union give in the ID and contact information of these individuals.