18–22 February 2025
As part of an investigation into the Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK), journalist Elif Akgül was taken into custody on the morning of 18 February along with around 280 other individuals. After four days in detention, she was brought before the İstanbul Criminal Judgeship of Peace, which ordered her arrest on charges of “membership in the PKK” (Turkish Penal Code, Article 314/2).
