20.01.2026 20:14
In the investigation regarding the provocative social media posts about 17-year-old Atlas Çağlayan, who was stabbed to death in Güngören, Istanbul, one suspect was arrested while judicial control was ordered for another suspect.
One suspect was arrested and another was subjected to judicial control measures regarding the provocative posts made on social media about 17-year-old Atlas Çağlayan, who was stabbed to death in a fight in Güngören.
Teams from the Cyber Crimes Department of the Istanbul Police Department are continuing their work regarding the suspects who made provocative posts on social media about Atlas Çağlayan, born in 2009, who was killed in Güngören on January 14, under the coordination of the Organized Crimes Investigation Office of the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
NEW ARRESTS
In the operations, 3 suspects identified as making such posts from outside the province were arrested. During the ongoing efforts of the teams, one more suspect who was found to have made posts from outside the province was captured.
Two suspects caught in Adana due to the posts were referred to the courthouse after their procedures at the police station. The statements of the two suspects were taken via the Audio and Video Information System (SEGBİS) at the prosecutor's office and they were sent to the peace criminal court.
1 PERSON ARRESTED
The court decided to arrest one of the suspects and to apply judicial control measures to the other. It was learned that the procedures of one suspect at the police station were still ongoing.
WHAT HAPPENED?
A fight broke out on January 14 in front of a pastry shop in the Mehmet Nesih Özmen Neighborhood between Atlas Çağlayan and E.Ç. (15), who did not know each other beforehand, due to a dispute over "looking sideways."
In the fight, E.Ç. stabbed Atlas Çağlayan with a knife referred to as a "switchblade," and Çağlayan, who was taken to Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, could not be saved despite intervention.
Police teams captured E.Ç. and his friends with the knife used in the incident and took them to the police station for questioning.
The suspect E.Ç., who is under 18 years old and was referred to the courthouse after his procedures at the police station, was arrested by the duty peace criminal court.
Six suspects who also made provocative posts were caught, three of whom were released by the prosecutor's order after their procedures at the police station, while A.E., Y.T., and S.T. were arrested by the court.