19.12.2025 10:25
After the arrest of Mehmet Akif Ersoy, allegations emerged that he "video-called Süleyman Soylu in the middle of the night and spoke to him." Responding to these claims, Soylu stated, "No one in my life has ever had the courage to call me in such an indecent environment." He also mentioned that Ersoy video-called him during the Trabzon Book Fair and expressed that presenting this situation as "he would video-call to shape his surroundings" was an attempt to tarnish his reputation.
Former Habertürk Editor-in-Chief Mehmet Akif Ersoy, who was arrested and sent to prison, has been the subject of claims that "he often video-called Süleyman Soylu in the middle of the night to show off to girls." Süleyman Soylu made a statement regarding these allegations.
As part of the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Mehmet Akif Ersoy was arrested and sent to Silivri Prison on charges of 'providing a place and opportunity for drug use' and 'gaining sectoral and material benefits by engaging women around him in sexual relations.' New allegations are emerging every day regarding him.
"YOU FOUND NOTHING"
It was claimed that Mehmet Akif video-called Süleyman Soylu in the middle of the night to show off to girls. In response to these allegations, Soylu stated, "I have been subjected to hundreds of slanders and thousands of accusations until today. You found nothing, and you will not find anything. Because there is none."
"HE CALLED ME AT THE BOOK FAIR"
Soylu continued in his statement, "My sadness is this: On November 22, at the Trabzon Book Fair he attended, while he was with my fellow citizens, when my name came up, Mehmet Akif Ersoy called me via video at 12:22. Presenting this call as 'someone who would video call to show off to his surroundings' is an effort to smear me once again through my name and is exploitation."
"NO ONE DARED TO CALL ME IN AN INDECENT ENVIRONMENT"
Greatly angered by the claims that "he would call Soylu while partying," Soylu expressed, "I was saddened. Because I encounter this insensitivity towards people who serve their state and nation selflessly, neither for the first nor the last time. The headlines thrown at me, such as 'writing a book in collaboration with FETÖ's media imam,' 'one of the people who are used and protected in every period,' and 'he would call Soylu while partying' are disgraceful and dishonorable. In my life, no one has ever had the courage to call me in such a frivolous and indecent environment; they cannot. Allah is the All-Knowing, All-Seeing, and All-Hearing. And He is the best of those who frustrate the plots of those who scheme."