10.11.2026 14:11
Yonca Verdioğlu Şık, wife of Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) Istanbul MP Ahmet Şık, was detained at her home on charges of "political or military espionage." It was learned that Yonca Şık, who was taken to the Istanbul Courthouse after a health check, will give her statement to the prosecutor's office. TİP reacted sharply to the detention decision and called on the authorities.
The Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) Istanbul MP Ahmet Şık's wife, Yonca Verdioğlu Şık, has been issued a detention order. Yonca Şık, who is accused of “political or military espionage,” was taken into custody at her home. After her procedures, Şık was given a health check and referred to the Istanbul Courthouse.
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON ESPIONAGE CHARGE
It was stated that Yonca Verdioğlu Şık's statement will be taken by the prosecutor's office. No information has yet been shared regarding the details of the accusation cited as the grounds for the detention order.
HARSH REACTION FROM TİP TO DETENTION ORDER
Following Yonca Şık's detention, a statement came from the Workers' Party of Turkey. In the party's statement, the detention was described as an “unlawful and immoral attack,” and a call was made to politicians and authorities, especially the Office of the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
The TİP statement included the following remarks: “We call on all politicians and officials, first and foremost the Office of the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, to immediately act against this unlawful and immoral attack targeting our MP Ahmet Şık's precious wife, Yonca Şık, and to warn in the harshest terms and stop those who trample underfoot our country's justice and security authorities in order to protect their own personal advancement.”
WHO IS AHMET ŞIK?
Born in Adana in 1970, Ahmet Şık graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism. Şık, who began his journalism career in 1990, worked as a reporter and photojournalist at Milliyet, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Yeni Yüzyıl, Birgün and Radikal newspapers and Nokta magazine.
Elected as an Istanbul MP in the 27th term, Ahmet Şık resigned from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2020. Şık joined the Workers' Party of Turkey in 2021.