Three IYI Party youths detained for distributing leaflets
Three individuals identified as members of the IYI Party Istanbul Youth Branch were detained for distributing leaflets.
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IYI Party Istanbul Youth Branch members Oğuz Talha Uz, Baturalp Akalın, and Akif Demirel were detained in Beşiktaş for distributing leaflets that carried a message regarding "preventing the Arabization of Turkey."
IYI Party Youth Branch Istanbul Provincial President Muhammet Akyüz stated, "Three of my valued companions from the Istanbul Youth Branch were detained today because of the leaflets they distributed in Beşiktaş. Leave the Turkish nationalist youth alone now."
"THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH WHAT THEY DID"
IYI Party Deputy Chairman Buğra Kavuncu made a post on the social media platform X regarding the matter.
Kavuncu's post is as follows:
"Oğuz Talha Uz, Baturalp Akalın, and Akif Demirel are clean, bright young patriots. There is nothing wrong with what they did. They wanted to express their views in the most democratic way. What is untrue in what they said?
You cannot touch Turkish youth or our IYI Party brothers and sisters because of their opinions. I immediately called our Istanbul Provincial President and our Youth Branch President. Our organization stands with our youth. All our friends, including our lawyer members, have taken action for the freedom of our youth right now."
Oğuz Talha Uz, Baturalp Akalın and Akif Demirel are clean, bright young patriots.
— Buğra Kavuncu (@SBugraKavuncu) January 2, 2024
There is nothing wrong with what they did.
They wanted to express their views in the most democratic way.
What is untrue in what they said?
You cannot touch Turkish youth or our IYI Party brothers and sisters because of their opinions… https://t.co/eAw91Tjard
THEY WERE RELEASED
The youths, who were detained due to the leaflets they distributed in Beşiktaş, shared on their social media accounts that they had been released.
It was revealed that one of the youths who was detained and later released in Beşiktaş is the son of IYI Party Deputy Chairman Tolga Akalın, and another is the son of Deputy Chairman Rıdvan Uz.
The youths announced their pose together with the note, "We are free, for now."