Barış Atay Detained For "Redhack Connection”
While police detained artist Barış Atay and 7 individuals for their “connection with Redhack” in Istanbul, the toll exceeded 10 along with other detainees across Turkey. Suspects have been ordered to make a statement in Cybercrime Police Headquarters in Ankara. “8 detainees have been transferred to Cybercrime Police Headquarters in Istanbul, advocate Efkan Bolaç told bianet. “I was able to meet with Atay after his detention. He is doing fine. But he has no idea why he was detained. He said he had nothing to do with this,” Bolaç continued. Advocate Sera Kedigil, on the other hand, said that Atay was charged with blocking the access of information technologies. “He objected to the detention order. The charges, however, are not related to an illegal organization,” she said. The investigation is supervised by Mehmet Ali Ethemoğlu, chief prosecutor at Ankara Bureau of Cybercrime Investigation. However, defense attorney have reproached that they weren...