Investigation launched into the sharing of IMM Case trial footage

The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an ex officio investigation following the sharing of trial footage from the IMM Case, heard at the Istanbul 33rd High Criminal Court, on social media.

The Bakırköy Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı announced that an ex officio investigation has been launched after footage, understood to have been filmed during the October 15-16, 2026 hearings of the IMM Case heard at the Istanbul 33rd High Criminal Court, was shared on social media accounts.

In the statement made by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was noted that it was detected that the footage, understood to have been filmed during the IMM Case hearings held on October 15 and 16 at the Marmara Penitentiary Institutions Campus, was shared via social media accounts.

The statement included the following expressions: "An ex officio investigation has been launched by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office within the scope of Article 286 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) against individuals who unauthorizedly record audio or video during prosecution proceedings and transmit them by sharing them on social media accounts."