In an indictment dated 10 September 2026, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office sought the conviction of 22-year-old Umut Kabaklı for membership in an armed organization and requested his continued detention. Kabaklı was detained on 5 July and arrested on 8 July. Prosecutors described the Revolutionary Youth Associations as the youth structure of an organization called THKP/C Dev-Yol Revolutionary Movement. They cited Kabaklı’s attendance at the association’s congress, hanging Kızıldere banners at İTÜ Ayazağa Campus on 25 and 31 March, possessing publications and a telephone conversation on 9 April about a survey and organization as grounds for the charge. Bank transactions, including two transfers totaling 350 lira, were treated as indications of organizational ties. The indictment also included social media posts supporting Kabaklı after his detention. Prosecutors alleged that Kabaklı could direct groups during protests against the NATO summit and also characterized his use of the right to remain silent as an organizational stance. Kısa Dalga reported that the indictment contained no concrete finding of Kabaklı engaging in an armed or violent act and did not explain the organizational purpose of the money transfers or a current hierarchical link between the association and an armed organization.
4 November 2026
Kısa Dalga