Gökçe Fırat

Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu is the chairman of National Party and journalist. He is the Head-Columnist of Turkish Left. He was arrested and sent to prison with the accusation of "Insulting the President" on 31 May 2015, but released after 18 days of imprisonment. On 31 August 2016 he was detained again and accused of aiding a terrorist organization. He would have been released on 31 March 2017, if not on the same day a second prosecution was opened and he was again taken in custody. This time he was accused of wanting to "overthrow the government and the constitutional order" in the "FETÖ media leg" trial. On 8 March 2018, he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment for being a member of a terror organization.