Özlem Gürses, TSK için yaptığı benzetmeyle tepki çeken ilk ifadesini verdi. Translation: Özlem Gürses, who drew reactions with her analogy regarding the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), made her first statement.

Journalist Özlem Gürses was detained as part of an investigation initiated ex officio for the crime of "publicly disseminating misleading information" due to her statements about the Turkish Armed Forces on her social media channel.

DEFENDING HERSELF BY SAYING "IT WAS A SLIP OF THE TONGUE"

Gürses, who was detained in Ankara, was brought to Istanbul from there. After an hour-long statement, details of her testimony are emerging while she is being held at Vatan Police Station to be referred to the prosecutor's office. It has been learned that Özlem Gürses defended herself in her statement by saying, "It was a slip of the tongue. It was not a deliberately used expression."

HER LAWYER'S STATEMENT IS IN THAT DIRECTION

Gürses' lawyer also made a statement in this direction last night. In his statement, Kamalak noted that Özlem Gürses was in good spirits and said: "At the point we first met, she didn't even fully understand what was happening. Because if something was done intentionally, a person would know what it was. However, she was not initially aware that there was a slip of the tongue, and that what she said was interpreted in that way. After I conveyed that it sounded like the Turkish Armed Forces and ISIS were being put together, she said, 'Is that even possible? My perspective on the Turkish Armed Forces is clear. My support for the Turkish Armed Forces is evident. Besides that, my comments and thoughts regarding the operations carried out by Turkey, especially in terms of foreign policy, are well known, so it is impossible for me to say such a thing.'

WHAT DID ÖZLEM GÜRSES SAY?

Özlem Gürses had stated on her YouTube channel, "As you can see, the ISIS structure, that is, the TSK-SMO structure has made small gains in the regions where the Kurds are." Due to these statements, an investigation was initiated against Gürses on charges of "insulting the institutions and organs of the state" and "publicly disseminating misleading information."