Detained comedian Deniz Göktaş posts new message: ‘I was detained twice more after the last tweet’
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At a glance
- Comedian Deniz Göktaş, detained at Çorlu Karatepe Prison for nearly two months, posted a social media message after an indictment was prepared against him.
- Referring to repeated detention decisions, Göktaş said he had been detained twice more since his previous tweet.
Detained comedian Deniz Göktaş says he was detained twice more after his last tweet, according to a new message posted on his social media account following the preparation of an indictment against him.
Göktaş has been held at Çorlu Karatepe Prison for nearly two months. Referring to the renewed detention decisions, he wrote: “I used to reassure myself by thinking, ‘What can they do? They can’t put me in prison again.’ Apparently, they can.”
I used to reassure myself by thinking, ‘What can they do? They can’t put me in prison again.’ Apparently, they can.
Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.