Veyis Ateş Faced the Judge for the First time... Mehmet Akif Ersoy Claims: 'He Tried to Wash His Hand Off Me'
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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.
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...
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.
Veyis Ateş, former General Manager and presenter of Habertürk TV, who was arrested on December 29, 2025, as part of a drug investigation targeting famous personalities, appeared before a judge for the first time today. At the hearing held in the Istanbul 6th High Criminal Court, Ateş was released, and the case was adjourned until October 27.
The first hearing in the trial of seven defendants, including former Habertürk TV Editor-in-Chief Mehmet Akif Ersoy, will be held on September 10th.
Former Habertürk TV General Manager Veyis Ateş, who was arrested and faces up to 40 years in prison, appeared before the judge at the first hearing of his trial and denied the charges against him. Ateş argued that the witness statements against him were contradictory and that there was no concrete evidence in the investigation. He also claimed that Mehmet Akif Ersoy apologized to him in prison, saying, "'If I hadn't given this statement, they wo…
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