Journalist Timur Soykan detained

Journalist Timur Soykan has been detained. The news was announced by journalist Şule Aydın. Şule Aydın wrote that the reason for the detention was a social media post.

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Şule Aydın wrote that journalist Timur Soykan has been detained.

Timur Soykan had been criticizing operations targeting CHP-run municipalities on his social media account and making posts regarding the matter.

Soykan was accused under Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code. Journalist Soykan was detained on allegations of "publicly disseminating misleading information."