A decision was issued for 20 of the 21 people detained in the “My Family Is Safe” operation in Ankara. The Ankara 6th Criminal Judgeship of Peace remanded 7 full association members in custody, including Kaos GL full member Janset Kalan, Galader member Nedime Erdoğan and Umut Derin, as well as journalist Tuğba Tekerek. The decision was based on strong suspicion concerning the offenses of “violating the Associations Law,” “facilitating the publication of obscene materials” and “obscenity in places visible to children.” The judgeship found judicial supervision insufficient due to the risk of flight and evidence tampering. The prosecutor’s request to remand 7 alternate members in custody was rejected. These individuals were banned from traveling abroad and required to report by signature on Sundays, with the court noting that the evidence had largely been collected and there was no indication of flight risk. The number of people remanded in custody rose to 13 after 5 trans women were also remanded during the day. One person under house arrest was released.
Why it matters
The decisions show that the investigation has not remained limited to association members but has evolved into a broad judicial process encompassing a journalist and trans women as well. The court’s decision to order pretrial detention for the full members and the journalist while imposing judicial supervision on the alternate members reveals that the suspects’ positions and the risks of flight and evidence tampering were assessed differently within the same case. The combined use of association legislation and obscenity charges shows that the case concerns both organizing activities and the accessibility of publications. However, because the report does not specify which publications or concrete actions formed the basis of the charges, the factual basis for the strong-suspicion assessment and the detailed reasoning behind the difference between the measures remain unclear.
Background
Ankara is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: we have published 5 news reports mentioning this name in the past 90 days; the latest is dated September 15, 2026.