The shared video caused a stir! Journalist Batuhan Çolak has been detained.

02.07.2024 21:30

Batuhan Çolak, the Editor-in-Chief of the news website called "Aykırı", was detained on charges of disseminating misleading information to the public after sharing a post on the site's social media account titled "Controversial footage from Syria. Turkish soldiers forced to kiss FSA flag!"

The manager of the media platform called "Aykırı", Batuhan Çolak, was detained on the allegation of 'spreading misleading information to the public' through a social media post.

THE FOOTAGE PROMPTED POLICE ACTION

Istanbul Police Department initiated an investigation following a post on the social media platform "Aykırı@aykiricomtr" yesterday, which stated "Controversial footage from Syria. Turkish soldiers made to kiss the flag of the Free Syrian Army!"

BATUHAN ÇOLAK DETAINED

It was determined that the user of the account was Batuhan Çolak, who has a record for "unlawful use of personal data" and "incitement of hatred and hostility towards the public". Çolak was detained at the identified address for the crime of "spreading misleading information to the public".

HE HAD BEEN DETAINED FOR A LONG TIME

Last year, Çolak was arrested and sent to prison for spreading hatred and hostility in "anti-refugee" news, but was later released.

WHO IS BATUHAN ÇOLAK?

Batuhan Çolak was born in Istanbul in 1986. He graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism in 2009. Afterwards, he started his professional journalism career as an editor at Atv Ankara News Center in 2010. In the same year, he started his master's degree in Graphic Design at Gazi University and completed it in 2014.

In 2006, during his undergraduate studies, he founded an internet news website called "Haberdokuz" and managed it until 2014. His book titled "Universities in the Grip of Terrorism" was published in 2013. In this book, he addressed the terrorism issues in Turkish universities and examined different marginal groups operating in universities. In 2016, he started working as a columnist at Yeniçağ Newspaper and later became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper's online platform. In March 2020, he was dismissed from his position by Yeniçağ Newspaper. Subsequently, in April of the same year, he founded an internet news website called "Aykırı".