TRIALS 1925, The Ankara State Independence Court Case 1927-1928, The Istanbul Criminal Court Case 1928, The Rize Criminal Court Case 1928, The Ankara Criminal Court Case 1931, The Case at the Istanbul Second Criminal Court of First Instance 1933, The Istanbul Criminal Court Case 1933, The Case at the Istanbul Third Criminal Court of First Instance 1933-1934, The Bursa Criminal Court Case 1936-1937, The Istanbul Criminal Court Case 1938, The Case at the Military Court of the Military College Headquarters 1938, The Case at the Military Court of the Naval Headquarters 1933-1934, The Bursa Criminal Court Case Nâzım Hikmet was arrested on 22 March 1933, on grounds of launching an underground organisation and making communist propaganda by distributing booklets and posting bills on walls in Bursa, Istanbul and Adana. He was interrogated in Istanbul for a while and then was sent to Bursa for final sentencing on 1 June 1933. On 27 August 1933, the court hearing began with the demand of execution, but it was concluded with a five-year prison sentence on 31 January 1934. He had written his famous poem entitled "Epistle to My Wife," that began with the words, "33-11-11, Bursa" throughout these hearings. Afterwards, the Supreme Court of Appeals revoked the sentence, but the Bursa Court resisted in its decision and only decreased it to a four-year imprisonment. Because of the General Amnesty which was declared on the tenth year of the foundation of the Republic, Nâzım Hikmet's three-year sentence had been decreased to one year. But Nâzım Hikmet had already served a term of a year and half. Thus on 12 August 1934, he was released and came to Istanbul having served six months extra.