The trial of 29 people in media and entertainment accused of having links to coup plotters was concluded on Thursday, with 21 individuals being convicted for membership in a terrorist organisation.
Some had worked directly for outlets affiliated with the Gulenist movement; the Islamic network the government alleged was behind a 2016 military coup attempt.
Among those convicted in the mass trial is Atilla Tas, a singer, who received a sentence of slightly over three years.
He was accused of aiding an illegal group.
Gokce Firat Culhaoglu, a known leftist and secularist, was sentenced to six years.
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Both had previously been in trouble with the law over the crime of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
On Friday, the trial of journalists from the secular opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet will continue in Silivri, Istanbul.
Report says the case includes one of the country’s most prominent investigative journalists, Ahmet Sik, who has been behind bars since December 2016.
Turkey has over 150 journalists and media workers behind bars – one of the highest figures in the world – amid a crackdown on government critics.
Many are accused of links to the exiled Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen, while others are Kurdish and leftist critics.
