Antalya’s 4th Heavy Penal Court sentenced Ali Rıza Ceylan and Ümit Yılmaz to 15 years in prison each for growing cannabis at home and drug trafficking.[1] The two attended the hearing as detained defendants, along with their relatives and lawyers.[1] Ceylan said he was a drug addict who grew the home cannabis for his own use and denied trading drugs.[1] Yılmaz said he agreed with Ceylan and asked for acquittal.[1]

Police raided a house in Yeniköy neighbourhood in Döşemealtı on 4 February 2017 after a tip-off and found Indian hemp grown with special lighting and heating.[1] Officers seized 6 kilos 800 grams (6.8 kg) of cannabis material during the search.[1] Both men were detained after the raid.[1]

The court gave each man 5 years for cultivating hemp to obtain cannabis beyond personal need and 10 years for drug trafficking.[1] The court said it weighed the manner of the offence, the quantity and value of the drugs, and the instruments and methods used.[1] It also imposed fines of varying amounts.[1] The report calls the plants Hint keneviri, meaning Indian hemp.[1]