Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an ex officio investigation against the T24 website on the grounds of “violating the confidentiality of a judicial investigation” for violating a restraining order on the investigation into the murder of Sinan Ateş. The website’s special news article dated December 29, 2023 and signed by Asuman Aranca about the data recovered from the phone of Tolgahan Demirbaş, who is also accused of allegedly kidnapping the shooter in the murder of Sinan Ateş, former President of the Grey Wolves Ocakları, being included in the investigation file with an expert report, was alleged to have violated the restriction order issued by the Ankara 2nd Criminal Judgeship of Peace on December 31, 2022. “In violation of the rule of confidentiality of judicial investigation and the aforementioned restriction order, a news article was published that may jeopardize the purpose of the investigation, that is conducive to obscuring the evidence and/or preventing the discovery of the material truth, and that causes evaluations that will cause damage to the presumption of innocence,” the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement (December 30).