BirGün newspaper journalist Timur Soykan was briefly taken into custody Saturday (July 5) before being released on bail a day later. The detention was related to several social media posts by Soykan criticizing the recent arrests of opposition mayors of Antalya, Adıyaman, and İzmir.

Several posts by Soykan on X, formerly known as Twitter, had reacted to the recent wave of arrests saying:

“The coup continues. The will of the public is being usurped. The ballot box had been rendered meaningless. They should introduce a law stipulating that it is illegal to defeat the AKP [Justice & Development Party] in elections. This way, they........

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