Minister Tunç announces: Person who insulted martyrs is in custody

Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç announced that an investigation has been launched by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into a person who made posts on social media constituting a crime against martyrs and their families, and that a detention order has also been issued for the individual in question by the Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

The statements made by Minister of Justice Tunç in his post on his X account are as follows:

"An investigation has been launched by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into those who made ugly and criminal posts against our martyrs and their families on some social media sites, and a detention order has also been issued by the Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for a person who made such posts on social media."

Bazı sosyal medya sitelerinde şehitlerimize ve ailelerine yönelik çirkin ve suç teşkil eden paylaşımları yapanlar hakkında Ankara Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığınca soruşturma başlatılmış olup, ayrıca sosyal medyada paylaşım yapan bir kişi hakkında da Antalya Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığınca…

— Yılmaz TUNÇ (@yilmaztunc) December 24, 2023