Message from İsmail Arı: I was arrested on suspicion of absconding, even though I went to the police station of my own accord

BirGün · 23.10.2026 08:34:00

Our reporter İsmail Arı, who was taken into custody at the Ankara Police Headquarters—where he had gone of his own accord to give a statement following a complaint by former RTÜK Chairman Ebubekir Şahin—and who was remanded in custody by the magistrate’s court on 21 October, has issued a message from the prison where he is being held. In his message, Arı highlighted that he had been remanded in custody on the grounds of “suspicion of absconding”, stating: “I love this country and its people very much. That is why I will not flee my country. I will continue to defend journalism.” Our reporter had also been remanded in custody last March and spent 75 days in prison.