Breaking news... Halk TV Editor-in-Chief Suat Toktaş detained from the channel

Journalist Barış Pehlivan, who conducted an interview with an expert witness identified as S.B.—whom Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu recently claimed was linked to the lawsuits and investigations opened against him—has been detained. Pehlivan, who had gone to the Halk TV Istanbul studio for the new episode of the program "Kayda Geçsin" (For the Record), which airs on Tuesday evenings, was taken by police teams who arrived at the channel hours before he was scheduled to go on air and was taken to the Vatan Police Headquarters.

Shortly after Pehlivan's detention, Serhan Asker, the host of the program "Görkemli Hatıralar" (Magnificent Memories), was also detained at the airport in his capacity as the Responsible Manager of Halk TV. Finally, a detention warrant was issued for Halk TV presenter Seda Selek on the grounds that she was on air at the time the interview Pehlivan conducted with the expert witness S.B. was broadcast.

DETENTIONS FOR SUAT TOKTAŞ AND KÜRŞAD OĞUZ AS WELL!

The operation did not stop there. Within the scope of the same investigation, Halk TV Editor-in-Chief Suat Toktaş and Programs Manager Kürşad Oğuz were also detained from the channel's Istanbul studio to provide statements.

News Source: 12punto