{"id":2077853,"date":"2025-10-08T19:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2077853"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:43:41","slug":"turkish-celebrities-questioned-in-drugs-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/turkish-celebrities-questioned-in-drugs-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish celebrities questioned in drugs investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turkey has launched an investigation into alleged drug use in the country, with an operation targeting a number of celebrities.<\/p>\n

During the probe by the Narcotics Crimes Bureau, 19 people – including actresses Berrak Tuzunatac and Demet Evgar, and singer Hadise Acikgoz – were summoned for questioning and blood sample collection.<\/p>\n

Music and television stars, as well as social media influencers, have denied all the accusations against them through their lawyers. No formal charges have been filed.<\/p>\n

The move has sent shockwaves through Turkey’s entertainment industry. It comes against a backdrop of growing concerns<\/a> in the country over freedom of speech.<\/p>\n

Turkish media are reporting that the celebrities were summoned on Wednesday and were expected to be released after blood tests.<\/p>\n

Turkish authorities have not publicly commented on the issue.<\/p>\n

According to Turkish law, drug possession for personal use carries a prison term of up to five years.<\/p>\n

However, courts can order treatment or probation for first-time offenders, avoiding prison sentences.<\/p>\n

Opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan point to a wider crackdown on artists, media and opposition figures in the country in recent months.<\/p>\n

In September, an investigation was launched against musician Mabel Matiz over alleged “obscenity” in one of his songs. He now faces up to three years in jail.<\/p>\n

The same month, prosecutors said they would seek one-year jail terms for Turkey’s popular girl band Manifest for “indecent behaviour” in their dance routines.<\/p>\n

Last week, prominent journalist Fatih Altayl\u0131 went on trial, accused of making “threatening” remarks against Erdogan. Altayl\u0131 – who denies any wrongdoing – now faces a minimum five-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n

In March, protests erupted in the country after authorities detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu<\/a>, just days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate for elections set for 2028.<\/p>\n

Imamoglu is seen as one of Erdogan’s strongest political rivals.<\/p>\n

Erdogan’s government denies the crackdown allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Turkey has launched an investigation into alleged drug use in the country, with an operation targeting a number of celebrities. During the probe by the Narcotics Crimes Bureau, 19 people – including actresses Berrak Tuzunatac and Demet Evgar, and singer Hadise Acikgoz – were summoned for questioning and blood sample collection. Music and television stars, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2077854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[390261,390258,390257,390262,390260,390259,390263,390265,390264],"class_list":["post-2077853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-berrak-tuzunatac","tag-demet-evgar","tag-hadise-acikgoz","tag-narcotics-crimes-bureau","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-turkish-authorities","tag-turkish-law","tag-turkish-media","tag-turkish-president"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Turkish-celebrities-questioned-in-drugs-investigation.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2077855,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077853\/revisions\/2077855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2077854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}