Operation on social media influencers: 10 detained

An investigation was opened by Istanbul Police Department, Public Order Branch Directorate and Cyber ​​Crimes Branch Directorate to catch the suspects who share images containing threats, insults and fights through Instagram and X (Twitter) accounts, especially TikTok, and earn income in this way. Following the virtual tracking initiated by the police teams, the operation was carried out after the suspects were identified.

MONTHLY INCOME IS BETWEEN 200 THOUSAND AND 500 THOUSAND

Addresses located in Istanbul-based Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Kocaeli, Muğla, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Malatya and Elazığ provinces were raided. 10 suspects were detained during the raids. The suspects were brought to the Istanbul Public Order Branch Directorate and questioned. It was learned that the suspects said during police interrogations that they did not know what they were doing was a crime, and that they declared their monthly incomes varying between 200 thousand liras and 500 thousand liras.

It was learned that social media celebrities, whose blood samples were taken to determine whether they used drugs or not, were taken into custody for the crimes of 'inciting the public to hatred and hostility and humiliation' and 'obscenity'. The suspects were sent to the courthouse after their procedures were completed.

10 SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

The names taken into custody are as follows: Sinan Kaya and Cansum Kaya couple, Ferhat Billor, Çağlayan Yıldırım, Onur Sermik, Elif Akdemir, Onur Can Güzel, Mehmet Emin Citer, Mehmet Aden Arslan, Semih Varol.