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Street-interview YouTuber Arif Kocabıyık arrested
🇹🇷 Turkey /Crime & Justice

Street-interview YouTuber Arif Kocabıyık arrested

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News From a news agency Outcome reported
  • A Turkish court ordered the arrest of YouTuber Arif Kocabıyık after finding that he violated judicial-control measures by allegedly attempting to flee abroad.
  • Authorities caught Kocabıyık hiding beneath a truck trailer at the Kapıkule border crossing, and transferred him to Edirne L-Type Prison after processing.

Arif Kocabıyık, a YouTuber known for street interviews, was arrested after authorities caught him hiding beneath a truck trailer at the Kapıkule border crossing, according to the report.

The Antalya 35th Criminal Court of First Instance ordered his detention after determining that he had violated judicial-control measures by attempting to leave Turkey. Kocabıyık was taken to Edirne L-Type Closed Prison after the legal procedures were completed.

Kocabıyık and truck driver M. A. were brought to court after being caught at Kapıkule, where they were allegedly trying to cross into Bulgaria. When journalists asked where he had planned to flee, Kocabıyık replied, “Anamur.”

Anamur

— Arif KocabıyıkHe gave the answer when journalists asked where he had planned to flee after authorities caught him at Kapıkule.
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