Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı referred to the courthouse

Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı, who made statements on his social media account claiming that a trustee would be appointed to the CHP and against whom an investigation was launched for the crime of 'publicly disseminating misleading information', has been detained in Bolu.

REFERRED TO THE COURTHOUSE

Following a health check at İzzet Baysal State Hospital, Kütahyalı was brought to the Bolu Courthouse via the parking lot at the rear entrance in a police vehicle.

It was learned that Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı will provide his statement to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office via SEGBİS (Audio and Video Information System).

A judicial investigation was launched by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı regarding the claims he made on his social media account, under Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code for the "crime of publicly disseminating misleading information".

ISTANBUL CHIEF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THE DETENTION

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı had been detained. The statement said, "In accordance with the rogatory letter sent to our Chief Public Prosecutor's Office as part of the investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the public dissemination of misleading information by Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı, the aforementioned person has just been detained."

INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED IN RESPONSE TO HIS CLAIMS

In his first post, Kütahyalı claimed, "The November 2023 CHP Congress is being cancelled. A temporary trustee is being appointed to the CHP, and a new CHP congress is being held 45 days later on June 1, 2025. It is said that the trustee will be Hikmet Çetin. A large number of security forces have been dispatched from Istanbul to Ankara against the possibility of an uprising. All leave for security forces in Ankara has been cancelled. Tomorrow, Ankara is preparing for a very long day. Unfortunately, the situation appears to be this way."

Later, he used the expressions, "A security bureaucrat friend of mine called and said that the police deployments from Istanbul to Ankara and the reason for the extreme vigilance of security forces in Ankara could be operations to be carried out against two municipalities in the early hours of the morning. I guess an operation is coming to Keçiören and Etimesgut tomorrow..."

The Presidency's Directorate of Communications Center for Combating Disinformation also issued a statement regarding the claims that dominated the social media agenda, denying them.

"MY COMPLETELY WRONG PREDICTION"

Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç also announced on his social media account that an investigation had been launched against Kütahyalı.

Following these developments, Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı made a statement, saying, "Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç is completely right. It is my completely wrong prediction. Mr. Yılmaz is right in whatever he says."