07.10.2025 18:53
Former AK Party Member of Parliament Hüseyin Kocabıyık, who was detained on charges of insulting the President, was arrested by the court to which he was brought.
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Former AK Party Deputy Hüseyin Kocabıyık was arrested on charges of insulting the President.
FORMER AK PARTY DEPUTY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Former AK Party deputy Hüseyin Kocabıyık was taken into custody. Kocabıyık, who served as a deputy for two terms from the AK Party, stated on social media, "I have been taken into custody." It has been reported that an investigation has been launched against Hüseyin Kocabıyık on charges of "insulting the president."
HÜSEYİN KOCABIYIK ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF INSULTING THE PRESIDENT
It has been reported that a detention and search warrant was issued for Kocabıyık, and police conducted a search at his home. After his procedures at the police station, Kocabıyık was transferred to the Ankara Courthouse to give a statement to the prosecutor in Istanbul via SEGBİS. After the statement procedures, Kocabıyık was arrested by the Duty Magistrate Court.
HIS WORDS IN THE LAST INTERVIEW HAD DRAWN ATTENTION
Kocabıyık had come to the agenda with his statements against the AK Party and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In his last interview, Kocabıyık stated, "Going to prison is not a problem for me at all. But it is terrible for people to be unjustly imprisoned for political reasons."
WHO IS HÜSEYİN KOCABIYIK?
Hüseyin Kocabıyık was born in 1963 in Konya. He completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in Konya and his higher education at Ankara University DTCF. He received a master's degree from the Department of International Relations at AÜ. He worked as a professional manager between 1993-1994. He worked with the 53rd, 54th, and 55th Governments as a chief advisor to the Prime Minister between 1995-1999.
He served as the general coordinator of a think tank called the High Political Center between 2004-2006. He was a board member of the Turkish Democracy Foundation. He chaired the Analytical Research Center. He managed and worked as an analyst on research related to social, political, economic, and international relations. In 2013, he served as the Secretary General of the Turkish World Culture Capital Agency.
He worked as a writer for the Sabah and Yeni Asır newspapers. Between 2014-2015, he served as the Aegean Representative of Turkuvaz Media. He is a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly for the 25th and 26th terms from İzmir. He is married and has one son.
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