Breaking News: Release had been requested: New development regarding Mehmet Murat Çalık
It has been reported that Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık, whose release was requested due to health issues, has been transferred to a hospital.
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Incarcerated Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık has been transferred to a hospital.
WHAT HAPPENED?
CHP's Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık, who was detained on March 19 alongside IMM Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu as part of an investigation launched on allegations of corruption and terrorism, was arrested and sent to prison on March 23.
Çalık, who was being held at Silivri Prison, had been transferred to İzmir Buca Prison despite all appeals. Çalık's lawyers filed a request for his release yesterday, citing health problems.
Emphasizing that Çalık had previously undergone cancer treatment twice and had lost 15 kilograms recently, the lawyers stated, "The client's vital risk has increased under prison conditions." Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç had announced that Çalık's release request would be evaluated.
RELATED NEWS - Release statement for Murat Çalık from Yılmaz Tunç
İMAMOĞLU HAD REACTED
Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is also incarcerated at Silivri Prison, used the words "You are persecuting even a diamond of a person who has lost 15 kilograms" in a post regarding Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık, who had requested release due to his health condition.