[1] It is described as pro-Kurdish by the Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists of the Council of Europe (COE),[2] and left-wing by the International Observatory of Human Rights.

[5] MA's staff is often targeted by the Turkish authorities, their offices raided, their equipment confiscated and the journalists prohibited from entering public institutions.

[7][8] Journalists Sadiye Eser and Sadık Topaloğlu were arrested in December 2019[2] accused of being a member of a terrorist organization and released pending trial a few months later in March 2020.

[11] Mehmet Aslan, who covered the situation of the Kurdish prisoners was imprisoned in January 2021,[2] and released pending trial with an international travel ban in May 2021.

[16] Abdurrahman Gök, who had been repeatedly subjected to judicial pressure due to the photographs of Kemal Kurkut and was once again charged for his news reports, was released on 5 December 2023 at the second hearing of the case held at Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court with a ban on leaving the country.

[20] Journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu was released after 306 days of detention at the 3rd hearing of the case held at Diyarbakır 5th Assize Court with a ban on leaving the country.

The court decided to give time to the lawyers to prepare their defense against the secret witness statements and to continue Gök's ban on leaving the country.