He was arrested after sharing 'Erdoğan passed away': Prison sentence and release for journalist İrem Delice

Journalist İrem Delice was sentenced to one year and three months in prison in the investigation launched in Aydın due to the post "Erdoğan passed away" on the social media account of Aydın Değer newspaper.

On August 25, the news of the death of the person named 'Gülşen Erdoğan' was announced on the newspaper's social media account with the title "Erdoğan passed away".

One day after the post, Aydın Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation on the charge of "publicly disseminating misleading information to the public."

Newspaper representative Emin Aydın, editor-in-chief Yeşim Ülker, reporters İslam Keleş and İrem Delice were detained. While Keleş was released after being processed by the police, Aydın, Ülker and Delice were released under judicial control. Upon the objection of the prosecutor's office, Delice was detained again and arrested on August 28.

In the case heard at the Aydın 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, Delice was sentenced to one year and three months in prison for "publicly disseminating misleading information to the public".