The indictment initially accused the journalists and their source of “Disclosing information that must be kept confidential for reasons relating to the security, or domestic or foreign political interests of the state”

The final hearing of Odatv news portal’s Ankara News Director Müyesser Yıldız and Tele1 TV Ankara Representative İsmail Dükel’s trial on charges stemming from their phone calls with a news source, a non-commissioned officer, took place 8 March 2021 at the Ankara 26th High Criminal Court.

After hearing the final defense statements, the court issued its verdict, sentencing Yıldız to a combined jail term of 3 years, 7 months and 10 days for "obtaining restricted information" (TCK 334) and "disclosing restricted information" (TCK 336). Dükel was sentenced to 1 year and 15 days for "obtaining restricted information." The court ordered the continuation of the travel ban imposed on Yıldız while lifting the ban on Dükel.

Both journalists were arrested in June 2020 on the allegation of "military espionage" (TCK 328). After remaining in custody for three days, Yıldız and her source Erdal Baran were jailed pending trial while Dükel was released under judicial control measures. Yıldız was released at the first hearing of the trial, held in November.

The indictment initially accused all three of “Disclosing information that must be kept confidential for reasons relating to the security, or domestic or foreign political interests of the state” (TCK 329). A second indictment accusing all three of “Securing information that must be kept confidential for reasons relating to the security, or domestic or foreign political interests of the state” (TCK 327) was issued midway through the trial and merged with the case.