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Turkish authorities detain prominent journalist for allegedly threatening Erdogan
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, JUN 21 – Fatih Altayli faces pretrial detention after comments on a poll showing 70% of Turks oppose Erdogan's lifetime rule, raising concerns about press freedom in Turkey.
- Turkish authorities detained prominent journalist Fatih Altayli for allegedly "threatening" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over a comment he made following a poll showing public opposition to a lifetime presidency for Erdogan.
- Altayli denied threatening the president during questioning, but it is unclear whether he has been released.
- The detention comes amid a widespread crackdown on the opposition, with officials from municipalities controlled by the main opposition party facing waves of arrests this year.
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Journalist arrested, accused of threatening Turkish president - Committee to Protect Journalists
Istanbul, June 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish authorities to immediately release journalist Fatih Altaylı following his June 22 arrest and imprisonment on accusations of threatening Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in connection with his commentary on a public poll. “Fatih Altaylı’s arrest is a blatant attempt to intimidate an influential commentator into self-censorship,” said Özgür Öğret, CPJ’s Turkey repr…
The prominent Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı is in prison. He is accused of threatening the president. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan silences his critics with arbitrary accusations like this.
Turkish Court Arrests Journalist for Threatening Erdogan
A Turkish court on Sunday arrested prominent independent journalist Fatih Altayli over comments on his social media allegedly threatening President Tayyip Erdogan. Altayli, who has more than 1.5 million YouTube subscribers, was referred to the Criminal Court of Peace in Istanbul after testifying at the prosecutor's office. He was detained from home on Saturday over comments in a video he posted on Friday in which he addressed a poll showing most…
In Turkey, the well-known journalist Fatih Altayli has been arrested.
A court in Istanbul ordered the detention of Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli, one of the country's most popular political commentators, on Sunday 22 June. The journalist is accused of "threat" to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The opposition sees it as a new symbol of the attempts of power to intimidate critical voices, especially in the context of the three months ago imprisonment of Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul and main rival of the Tur…
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der Standard DEAn Istanbul judge ordered pretrial detention for Fatih Altayli. The journalist allegedly threatened President Tayyip Erdogan
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