Turkish Court Releases Former Habertürk Executive in Celebrity Drug Case - Turkish Minute

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Former Habertürk TV General Manager and presenter Veyis Ateş, who was arrested on December 29, 2025 as part of a drug investigation, appeared before a judge for the first time. Denying the charges, Ateş told Mehmet Akif Ersoy in prison: “I had to testify in this way. If I had not expressed this way, they would have joined me in Haberturk's case for changing hands,” he said.

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Abdurrahman Veyis Ateş, the former editor-in-chief of Habertürk TV, who was arrested at the end of last year as part of a drug investigation, appeared before a judge for the first time today. Ateş denied the allegations against him, stating that Mehmet Akif Ersoy had given statements incriminating him within the scope of the investigation, and furthermore...

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The court, in its interim decision, ordered the release of the detained defendant Veyis Ateş. The news of Veyis Ateş's release was first published on Serbestiyet.

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The first hearing in the trial of former Habertürk executive Veyis Ateş, who is being prosecuted on drug charges, has taken place. Ateş denied the charges, while witness Mehmet Akif Ersoy stated that he himself used cocaine brought by Ateş in 2019. The court decided to release Ateş.

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Veyis Ateş, former General Manager of Habertürk, who was on trial facing up to 40 years in prison on charges of "facilitating drug use" and "trafficking in narcotics or stimulants," was released at his first hearing. In his defense, he claimed that journalist Mehmet Akif Ersoy had slandered him and apologized to him in prison.