28.01.2025 20:00
Images have emerged showing the moments when journalist Barış Pehlivan was taken into custody on the grounds of recording and publishing a phone conversation with an expert witness without permission.
After the expert investigation initiated against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, an investigation was launched against Barış Pehlivan and the relevant presenter and officials of Halk TV for the crimes of "Eavesdropping and Recording Conversations Between Individuals and Attempting to Influence the Expert" on the grounds that a phone conversation with the expert was recorded and broadcast without permission during a Halk TV broadcast.
HE WAS DETAINED
Journalist Barış Pehlivan was detained in front of the Halk TV building where he went to appear on air. Halk TV programmer Sorel Dağıstanlı stated on his social media account, "Police teams just arrived at Halk TV and detained our colleague journalist Barış Pehlivan. He was taken to Vatan Security."
FOOTAGE EMERGED
Footage of the moments when Pehlivan was detained by police teams in front of the Halk TV building has emerged. In the footage, it can be seen that after the detention decision was communicated to Pehlivan, he was taken on his way to Vatan Security with the teams.