10.01.2026 20:42
A lawyer named Baver Karakuş in Istanbul claimed that journalist Ruşen Çakır took the keys of his car, which he left at the prison entrance while visiting his client in Silivri, and never returned them. Karakuş alleged that Çakır said on the phone, "I won't bring it. I can't be bothered. I'm in Maslak. If he really wants it, he can come and get it from here." No statement has been made by the famous journalist.
A claim that will stir up the public regarding the famous journalist Ruşen Çakır has emerged. A lawyer named Baver Karakuş, who stated that he went to meet with his clients at the No. 9 High Security Prison of the Marmara Correctional Institution in Silivri, indicated that he could not take the keys to his car with him because they did not allow it, and upon his return, he found that the keys were lost.
Karakuş, who said that upon reviewing the security cameras, he saw that the person who took the keys was journalist Ruşen Çakır, claimed that Çakır, who was reached by phone, did not bring the keys back.
In a statement he made on his social media account, Karakuş used the following expressions: "The key to my Mercedes car was stolen at the No. 9 (Silivri) Prison of the Marmara Closed Correctional Institution. Read how I was trapped in the freezing cold for 3 hours. I was at the No. 9 High Security Prison of the Marmara Correctional Institution on Wednesday. The last officer at the X-Ray point said, 'Car keys are not allowed inside.' Normally, we place them on the X-ray. We go inside.
I placed the key to my car on top of the X-Ray machine and went to meet with my clients. I left at 5:00 PM. I returned to get my keys. And my keys are gone. I mean, my keys are gone. I'm in shock. Everywhere was searched. Top to bottom, left to right. And my keys are absolutely not there. The workday is over. It's freezing outside. My coat is in the car. Finally, after begging and pleading, they checked the cameras.
The camera footage clearly shows this. After I left, a person named Ruşen Çakır is seen taking my keys from the X-Ray machine next to someone named İsmail Saymaz and leaving. My bag is in the car, my phones are in the car, my money, my cards, everything is in the car. Silivri is freezing, my hands are literally ice. I have two small children (1 and 3 years old).
At that moment, a group comes out with voices saying, "my president, my deputy." I said, "I swear these are CHP members." They must know each other. I called out. 'Excuse me, sir, could you take a look?' "Sure," he said. 'There is a person named Ruşen Çakır. Do you know him?' I asked. 'Why?' he said, and I started to explain my situation, 'He must have taken it unknowingly. He mixed it up with his own car keys, could you please call him?' I said.
Then, the deputy I learned was CHP İzmir Deputy Mustafa Balbay called Ruşen Çakır. Mustafa Balbay started to ask; 'Do you have another foreign key, Ruşen?' he said. Ruşen Çakır replied quite calmly, 'Yes.' 'Then why did you take it? And why didn't you return it?' 'I took it when I was leaving, I thought it was İsmail Saymaz's. When I went downstairs, I handed it to him, and when he said it wasn't mine, I just continued on my way.'
'Well, the woman is here without keys, without money, without a coat, and it's freezing outside, you know. How is that going to work?' Balbay asked. Çakır replied, 'I don't care. I'm in Maslak, if he wants it so badly, he can come and get it from here.' 'Is that how it works? It shows on the cameras that you took it. You should bring it back.' 'I won't bring it. I can't be bothered, don't give my number either,' he said.
Here I am, left without keys, without money, without cards, without a coat in Silivri, I will go to Maslak, I will ask him for my keys, then I will return to Silivri. I will get my car. From there, I will go back home. Do you laugh or cry?
Moreover, he doesn't even give a phone number. He was going to give it to a taxi driver, and the taxi driver would find me. But look, every day on screens, in columns, these people who demand rights-law-justice; despite a woman saying she has two small children at home in that cold, instead of even saying 'sorry,' they call her like a slave to their feet, thinking they are kings while covering up their disgrace.
I waited for the keys for 4 hours. İsmail Saymaz humorously gives me the number of a channel employee. 'They say you should call someone to reach them.' The key finally arrives. After 9:00 PM. Now I ask; those who shout 'rights, law, justice,' do they not feel any shame while leaving a woman in this situation?"