Journalist arrested for a news story, accused of running an Instagram account

Turkish journalist Tuğba Tekerek was arrested on charges of managing an association's Instagram account. The accusation comes two years after she published a news article about the LGBT+ movement. Tekerek wrote the article while covering elections in Georgia. It was published by Kaos GL, an LGBT+ rights organization in Turkey. Her lawyer, Nuradan Kılıç, rejected the charge in court. Kılıç called it a "sloppy claim by law enforcement." Tekerek also denied the accusation. She described it as "a nonsensical charge with no basis whatsoever."