This story is from 24 September 2026.
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek announced that Digital Environment Security and Combating Disinformation Bureaus will be established at 175 heavy penal court chief prosecutor's offices.
The Ministry of Justice sent a letter to these chief prosecutor's offices. A deputy chief prosecutor and prosecutors will be assigned to the bureaus. Prosecutors will monitor broadcasts and identify suspects.
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+2: Kısa Dalga and Dünya +3: Ekonomim, Kısa Dalga and Dünya 
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek's lawyer announced that a criminal complaint had been filed against Workers' Party of Turkey Istanbul MP Ahmet Şık and a compensation lawsuit opened. The reason given was Şık's social media posts.
The Turkish Justice Ministry denied YENİ Party leader Özgür Özel's claim that information was leaked by the ministry in the fund investigation, calling it baseless slander.
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+2: Gazete Oksijen and Ekonomim +3: Diken, Gazete Oksijen and Ekonomim 
+5: Nefes, Yeniçağ, BirGün, İlke TV and soL Haber +6: Halk TV, Nefes, Yeniçağ, BirGün, İlke TV and soL Haber AK Party Group Deputy Chair Özlem Zengin said the Turkish Justice Ministry issued a new circular after the operation footage in Mersin. Zengin also announced that the Turkish Interior Ministry opened an investigation into the law enforcement officers who filmed the footage.
+2: Karar and Bianet 
+5: Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, Halk TV, Oda TV and BirGün +6: Nefes, Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, Halk TV, Oda TV and BirGün 
In the Çeşme Chief Public Prosecutor's Office investigation into Çeşme Municipality, nine people including Deputy Mayor Emre Can Durmaz were detained. Proceedings were started against 12 people in total.
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46 people, including former Bayraklı Mayor Serdar Sandal, were detained in the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's investigation into Bayraklı Municipality. The charges include bribery and rigging tenders.
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Izmir Metropolitan Mayor Cemil Tugay joined the AK Party; President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned on his badge. After Tugay joined, Izmir Metropolitan Deputy Mayor Zafer Levent Yıldır resigned from his posts.
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+5: DW Türkçe, Independent Türkçe, The Guardian, RFI and Libération +6: Al-Monitor, DW Türkçe, Independent Türkçe, The Guardian, RFI and Libération In the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's probe targeting Eyüpsultan Municipality, 13 people, including Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen, were arrested. A total of 15 people were released under judicial control.
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+2: Euronews Türkçe and Independent Türkçe +3: BBC Türkçe, Euronews Türkçe and Independent Türkçe In the Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's corruption investigation into three municipalities, 10 people were arrested, including Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer. Legal proceedings for the other individuals are continuing.
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Şanlıurfa Governor Hasan Şıldak said the 5.4-magnitude quake centered on Karaköprü caused no loss of life or damage. Education in the city was suspended for one day.
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The Ministry of National Defence asked Greece to comply with its treaty obligations and to avoid militarizing the islands. It stated that cable laying on the continental shelf must be coordinated in advance and that measures have been taken against developments targeting the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC).
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