The Anatolian Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office has issued a detention order for Furkan Bölükbaşı, who threatened President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with “execution”, on charges of “assassination and actual attack on the President”.
Furkan Bölükbaşı, who is famous for his social media posts, has been detained.
The Anatolian Chief Prosecutor's Office reported that an investigation has been launched against Bölükbaşı under Article 310 of the Turkish Penal Code.
REASON GIVEN FOR THE POST ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
Reason for investigation; A post by Bölükbaşı about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
In the statement of the Director of Public Prosecutions on the subject, “The suspect has been detained pursuant to a detention order issued by our Director of Public Prosecutions and procedures are continuing meticulously to reveal important facts within the scope of the investigation.” It has been said.
THE THREAT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
HE. Responding to a post by a social media user named F., “I have been following the official death anniversary of M.Kemal on November 10, 2025 for a while now. My view has been reinforced that Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party will suffer a very heavy defeat according to divine wisdom…”, Bölükbaşı said:
“Menderes' end was due to his cuteness towards Kemalism. I hope the current Muslim government will come together without suffering the same fate.”
Bölükbaşı deleted this post after some time and this time, using a photo of President Erdoğan praying, he said: “Even though we sometimes criticize from our own perspective, we stand by the President with our blood and lives when there is a possibility of danger to him, and if necessary, we sacrifice ourselves to protect him. We are loyal and brave Muslim brothers of him.” He shared.
WHAT DOES TCK 310 MEAN?
Article 310 of the Turkish Penal Code stipulates the crimes of assassination and assault on the President.
In the related article, “Anyone who carries out other actual attacks against the President shall be sentenced to an increased penalty of half for the crime concerned. However, the penalty imposed in this manner cannot be less than five years.” expression is included.
Furkan Bölükbaşı called the prison sentence of 1 year, 6 months and 22 days, which he received for his insulting posts against Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Ekşi Sözlük, a “badge of honor”. Bölükbaşı, who received a “discount for good behavior”, was released.
BÖLÜKBAŞI WAS REVIEWED BEFORE
In 2017, Bölükbaşı shared a post insulting Atatürk on social media. Izmir CHP Deputy Tuncay Özkan filed a criminal complaint against Bölükbaşı through his lawyer Taner Kazanoğlu. It was declared that Bölükbaşı was guilty of “insulting the memory of Atatürk, inciting society to hatred and hostility, inciting the public to commit crimes, inciting the public to kill each other” and he was tried.
A lawsuit was filed against Bölükbaşı at Istanbul's Criminal Court of First Instance No. 44, demanding a prison sentence of up to three years for “publicly insulting and cursing” Atatürk. Bölükbaşı affirmed at the hearing that he did not make this post.
The court noted that Bölükbaşı committed the crime through the press and repeated the crime several times, and sentenced him to 1 year, 10 months and 15 days in prison. The court imposed a 'good behavior discount' on Bölükbaşı, reducing his sentence to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days, and postponed the announcement of the sentence. If Bölükbaşı commits the same crime within 5 years, he must also serve this prison sentence.
Finally, an official investigation was launched against Bölükbaşı for ‘publicly insulting the memory of Atatürk’ due to the term “Greek temple” he used for Anıtkabir. Bölükbaşı said, “If we won the War of Independence, why is there a Greek temple in the center of the capital?” He used the following expressions.
