Journalist Sadık Topaloğlu to remain in custody for an extra day

The detention period of journalist Sadık Topaloğlu, who was taken into custody with his friend Mehmet Savaş on Wednesday evening in Istanbul, was extended by one day.

A confidentiality order was imposed on the file, and Sadık Topaloğlu continues to be kept at the Istanbul Police Department in Fatih.

Topaloğlu's lawyer said that his client was asked questions about a file in which he was previously tried at the police station. The lawyer stated that there was no investigation opened against Topaloğlu and Savaş, and that a detention decision was taken by the prosecutor's office on duty.