Upon the criminal complaint of two lawyers from the “Fraternity Association” (Kardeşlik Derneği) against Can Ataklı on charge of “inciting the public to enmity and hatred”, the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against Ataklı, who said in a YouTube video, “It doesn’t seem possible to me anymore that [President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan will leave power with an election” (January 5).