Journalist couple who were detained in Trabzon due to their news were released
Trabzon 360 News franchise owner Hatice Aksoy and editor-in-chief Muhsin Aksoy, who published the news about AKP Deputy Suna Kepoğlu Ataman, were detained and released.
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Trabzon 360 News franchise owner Hatice Aksoy and her husband Muhsin Aksoy were detained with their 1.5-year-old child after they published the news about a member of parliament, and were released after their statements.
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Why It Matters
Trabzon 360 News executives were detained at night after they brought a news story in the national press to the site.
Hatice Aksoy, the privilege owner of Trabzon 360 News, and her husband Muhsin Aksoy, the responsible editor-in-chief, were detained at night after they reported on AKP Diyarbakır Deputy Suna Kepoğlu Ataman's remarks regarding PKK terrorist organization leader Abdullah Öcalan and the İmralı delegation.
Muhsin Aksoy stated that they were called and threatened by Ataman's wife, Atilla Ataman, about four hours after publishing the news, and that plainclothes police officers came to their website about three hours after the meeting.
Aksoy stated that they were not shown any written detention order and that they were asked questions at the police station about the source of the news and why it was published, adding that he said, "We published a news that had already been published in the national press in Cumhuriyet Newspaper, as it was on the agenda on social media in recent days, without any intervention." The journalist couple stated that they were taken to the police station with their 1.5-year-old child because there was no one to leave them with.
THEY WERE RELEASED
Aksoy couple was released after their statements were taken in the presence of a lawyer.
It was learned that access to 5 social media contents was blocked within the scope of Article 8/A of Law No. 5651 by the Trabzon 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace, upon the request of the Trabzon Provincial Police Department, with the decision dated 21 September 2026.
Contemporary Journalists Association Eastern Black Sea Branch President Gençağa Karafazlı stated that the detention of journalists and blocking access to their news is a serious situation in terms of press freedom and called for the process to be clarified.
Open Questions
- For what reason and on whose instructions was the detention decision taken?
- Has any legal action been taken regarding the alleged threat?
