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.
Lawyer Abdullah Adır said Şık had presented no concrete information or documents supporting his claims and that the posts were baseless. Adır said, "The slanders and insults of this defamer, who cannot prove his claim, are not dignified with a response by us."