25/06/2026 | Writer: Kaos GL
Kaos GL Editor-in-Chief Yıldız Tar, who was detained during operations in Ankara ahead of the NATO Summit, has been arrested by the court they were brought before.
Kaos GL Editor-in-Chief Yıldız Tar, who was detained during operations in Ankara ahead of the NATO Summit, has been arrested.
As part of an investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, Tar was detained during early morning house raids on June 23 and was transferred to the Ankara Courthouse after procedures at the police station. Following the prosecutor’s interrogation, Tar was referred to the magistrate’s criminal court with a request for arrest, and a decision was issued to arrest them.
Among those arrested were Associate Professor Emel Memiş from Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences, Umut-Sen spokesperson Burcu Arıkan, and Halkevleri Executive Board member Hediye Yıldırım.
According to information obtained, no questions related to NATO were asked during Tar’s statement. Instead, they were asked about their statements regarding the government’s declared “Year of the Family” policy.
The prosecutor’s arrest referral document included allegations claiming that the suspects “were acting with the intent to make Turkey a country associated with terrorism and could carry out terrorist acts.”
Tags: human rights, media, life, lgbti
