The story of Afyon Court does not finish here; the hearings continued with the accused in absentia, until the general amnesty announced after the victory of the Democrat Party in the 1950 general elections. But even then the prosecutor would not let the matter rest; he insisted on the works in question — the Risale-i Nur — being separated from the criminal proceedings, and the continuation of the case. Thus, the trial of the Risale-i Nur continued.

The court finally reached a decision that copies of the Risale-i Nur should be confiscated. The case was sent to the Appeal Court. The Appeal Court again quashed Afyon Court's decision. Afyon Court had no choice now but to comply with the Appeal Court's judgement and acquit the Risale-i Nur. But the prosecutor would not accept this, and he sent this decision before the Appeal Court. This time, the Appeal Court quashed Afyon Court's latest decision due to some technicalities. The case continued. Then Afyon Court ruled that the Risale-i Nur should be acquitted and copies returned to their owners, whereupon the prosecutor again sent the case to the Appeal Court.

This time the Appeal Court decided that the entire Risale-i Nur should be rescrutinized by a committee of experts and the Directorate of Religious Affairs was directed to set one up. A new committee produced a report. And finally, relying on this report, in June, 1956, Afyon Court cleared the Risale-i Nur and ruled that all the confiscated copies should be returned to their owners. This time the prosecutor admitted his defeat, and the decision was made final. [^355]

[^355]:Tarihçe, 475-7, 539.