DEVA Party MP İdris Şahin Condemns Detention of KHK Advocates

Ankara MP and lawyer İdris Şahin speaks out against the detention of KHK Platform spokesperson Münir Korkmaz and journalist Ahmet Erkan Yiğitsözlü

DEVA Party Ankara MP and lawyer İdris Şahin has strongly criticized the detention of KHK Platform spokesperson Münir Korkmaz and journalist Ahmet Erkan Yiğitsözlü. Describing the detentions as deeply concerning from the standpoint of the rule of law and justice, Şahin called for both men to be released.

Şahin issued a statement following the detention of Münir Korkmaz, spokesperson for the KHK Platform, and journalist Ahmet Erkan Yiğitsözlü. He argued that detaining people who speak publicly about long-standing grievances arising from government decrees (KHKs), rather than addressing those grievances through legal channels, undermines public confidence in the judiciary and weakens society’s sense of justice.

“You cannot heal a wound inflicted by KHKs by silencing those who speak about it,” Şahin said, emphasizing that the detentions raise serious concerns about fundamental principles of the rule of law.

He stressed that grievances stemming from the KHK process must be resolved through legal mechanisms. Attempting to intimidate those who bring these issues to public attention through detention measures, he warned, further erodes trust in the justice system.

Şahin also underlined that detention must never serve as a form of punishment before a judicial determination. The judiciary, he said, must not become an instrument for suppressing dissenting voices. Seeking legal remedies, demanding justice and carrying out journalistic activities cannot legitimately be treated as crimes.

Calling for the specific legal grounds for the detentions to be made public, Şahin urged the authorities to release Korkmaz and Yiğitsözlü immediately if there is no legal necessity to keep them in custody.

“The answer to people seeking justice must be the rule of law, not detention,” he concluded.