BirGün newspaper reporter İsmail Arı was detained on March 22, 2026, while making holiday visits in the Turhal district of Tokat. Arı, who was taken to Ankara as part of an investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on charges of “publicly disseminating misleading information,” was arrested by a court in the evening of the same day following his police interrogation. Arı denied the charges, stating that he was detained due to a video from three months prior, and claimed that the case had been expanded. Numerous press organizations organized protests in Ankara and Istanbul, demanding Arı’s release.
March 22, 2026
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