Melih Gökçek's post about Dilek İmamoğlu sparks social media backlash: 'Violating privacy is a crime'

AKP member İ. Melih Gökçek, who frequently makes headlines with his provocative and sexist social media posts, drew major backlash after sharing an unauthorized, old vacation video of Dilek İmamoğlu, the wife of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. Following Gökçek's post, social media users harshly criticized the incident, labeling it as "voyeurism" and a "violation of privacy."

ATTEMPT TO CREATE A "VACATION" PERCEPTION ON THE DAY OF THE HEARING

According to information obtained, footage of Dilek İmamoğlu swimming with relatives in a public area in Bodrum in the past, which had been secretly filmed, was circulated in an organized manner by anonymous accounts on the day of the İBB trial. With these posts, an attempt was made to create a negative perception in the public eye by claiming that Dilek İmamoğlu was on vacation on the day her husband was being tried. However, the truth emerged shortly after; it was stated that Dilek İmamoğlu was not on vacation on the day of the hearing, but was in Silivri to support her husband.

İ. Melih Gökçek's participation in these baseless claims by spreading a woman's intimate, unauthorized footage from his own account caused an uproar on social media.

GUESS WHO
WHO IS THIS LADY ENJOYING HERSELF IN BODRUM? pic.twitter.com/8jifZjiMbb

— İbrahim Melih Gökçek (@06melihgokcek) August 21, 2026

HARSH REACTION FROM CITIZENS TO GÖKÇEK: "THAT IS THE EXTENT OF YOUR MORALITY"

Thousands of users flooded the post, which disregarded the privacy of personal life, with reactions and insults. Citizens, referencing Gökçek's advanced age and political history, drew attention to both the legal and moral dimensions of his actions.

Some of the prominent reactions from users to Gökçek were as follows:

"You shameless man, if someone shared your wife's video, I would still react... How old are you, man!"

"That is the extent of your honor and morality, İ. Melih! You are sharing people's private lives."

"What you are doing constitutes voyeurism due to the principle of privacy, and spreading and sharing it falls under abuse. This also constitutes a crime. What you are doing is very shameful; you cannot do to others what you would not want done to yourself."

"It was a post that suits you perfectly."

"There is no need for this much dishonesty and immorality. They film a woman's video without permission and spread it; I would say there is such a thing as shame, but you have even surpassed FETÖ. What else can be expected from those who leak images and photos from phones entrusted to the state."

News Source: 12punto