Both journalists arrested
After giving statements to prosecutors, Sevinç and Balcı were referred to a judge with a request for arrest and were jailed pending trial on charges of publicly spreading misleading information. İsmail Saymaz and Murat Ağırel were released under judicial control, including a travel ban and an obligation to report to police.

The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered the detention of Şaban Sevinç and Mustafa Balcı on the grounds that they made statements intended to mislead the public about AK Party Deputy Chairman and Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik.
Sevinç and Balcı were detained under the charge of “publicly disseminating misleading information.”
Instructions to give statements in a separate investigation
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office instructed that İsmail Saymaz and Murat Ağırel be brought in to give statements as suspects in an investigation launched following a complaint by Trade Minister Ömer Bolat.

The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office had previously announced that İsmail Saymaz, Murat Ağırel and Şaban Sevinç were to be brought in to give statements as suspects over statements they allegedly made through press and media outlets and digital platforms that were intended to mislead the public in connection with the fund investigation.