Ahmet Şık’s wife, Yonca Verdioğlu Şık, taken into police custody
Yonca Verdioğlu Şık, the wife of Ahmet Şık, a member of parliament representing Istanbul for the Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP), was taken into police custody at her home in Beyoğlu. TİP, pointing to the timing of the detention, announced that it came after threats against Şık and amid his investigation into the so-called “Fund Embezzlement” case, which he says also involves figures from the AKP (Justice and Development Party), it would begin a round-the-clock vigil for solidarity and justice outside the Çağlayan Courthouse.
