in detention at Istanbul’s Silivri Prison in connection with his work at odatv, accused of links to the Ergenekon organization. He was not brought before a judge and formally charged until more than nine months after his arrest, on November 22, 2011. In September 2012, he was released pending trial following a judicial report confirming that the evidence collected against the journalist have probably been digitally forged and sent using a trojan horse to infect his computer. Subsequent analysis of Barış Pehlivan’s OdaTV computer by digital forensics company Arsenal Consulting revealed local attacks, which required physical access, were responsible for delivery of the incriminating documents. In September 2012, he was released pending trial following a judicial report confirming that the evidence collected against the journalist have probably been digitally forged and sent using a trojan horse to infect his computer. On April 12, 2017, the 18th High Criminal Court acquitted all 13 defendants of the Odatv Case. The court also ruled for a criminal complaint be filed against those who set up the Odatv plot. It turned out that this operation against Oda TV was a conspiracy and carried out by FETÖ members infiltrated into the state. A lawsuit was filed against the police, prosecutors and judges who kept innocent journalists in prison. On March 3, 2020, an investigation has been initiated against him due to a news published in Odatv about the funeral of the martyr of National Intelligence Agency (MIT) in Libya. He was arrested on March 6, 2020, in Istanbul Çağlayan Courthouse, where he went to give his statement. In his defense, he stated that the real reason for his arrest, after 9 years, was his prior and new coming book. The indictment demands a prison sentence up to 19 years for 8 journalists, who were on trial with him. It turned out that he has been subjected to an assault in Silivri Prison where he was taken after his arrest. After camera footage of the incident was revealed, an investigation was initiated against those responsible. Due to growing concerns over the spread of coronavirus in the prisons, the Turkish government drafted a law that would release up to 100,000 prisoners. During these discussions in Parliament, lawmakers added an extra article stating that crimes committed involving MIT would effectively be excluded from the scope of the newly minted law; the six journalists were pointedly excluded in the