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The charges stem from a social media post by Aydın Denge newspaper with the headline 'Erdoğan passed away,' which referred to a local woman named Gülşen Erdoğan. Delice and three other staff members from Aydın Denge were initially released under judicial control but Delice was later imprisoned after a prosecution appeal."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on initial release"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that Delice and three other staff members were taken into police custody on August 26 and a court released the four pending investigation under judicial control on the same day. Haberler stated that Delice was released under judicial supervision in the investigation launched over the social media post. Cumhuriyet reported that Emin Aydın, Yeşim Ülker, and İrem Delice were released under judicial control by the duty judge of the criminal court of peace to which they were referred after their detention procedures in the police. However, stockholmcf.org, Bianet, Halk TV, and sesgazete.net all state that Delice was arrested after prosecutors appealed her earlier release, without detailing the initial release conditions."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left or centre-rated reports below mention the Committee to Protect Journalists's statement that at least 83 journalists have been charged 114 times over disinformation since the law came into force in 2022."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"Новое Время","url":"https://english.nv.ua/life/turkish-outlet-faces-probe-after-publishing-false-message-claiming-erdogan-is-dead-50635758.html","headline":"Local newspaper sparks outrage in Turkey after social media post claims Erdoğan is dead","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T14:25:28.076Z"},{"sourceName":"journalisten.se","url":"https://journalisten.se/nyheter/turkisk-journalist-fangslad-for-rubrik-med-presidentens-efternamn","headline":"Turkish journalist jailed for headline with president's last name - Journalisten","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T14:25:28.076Z"},{"sourceName":"anf-news.com","url":"https://english.anf-news.com/freedom-of-the-press/dfg-pressure-and-legal-proceedings-against-journalists-continued-in-august-87053","headline":"DFG: Pressure and legal proceedings against journalists continued in August","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T14:25:28.076Z"},{"sourceName":"turkishminute.com","url":"https://turkishminute.com/2026/09/03/cpj-calls-for-release-of-turkish-journalist-jailed-over-erdogan-passed-away-post","headline":"CPJ calls for release of Turkish journalist jailed over ‘Erdoğan passed away’ post - Turkish Minute","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T14:57:09.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Committee to Protect Journalists","url":"https://cpj.org/2026/09/journalist-irem-delice-arrested-in-turkey-on-suspicion-of-spreading-disinformation","headline":"Journalist İrem Delice arrested in Turkey on suspicion of ‘spreading disinformation’","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-02T13:41:43.000Z"},{"sourceName":"stockholmcf.org","url":"https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-journalist-arrested-in-erdogan-died-social-media-post-investigation","headline":"Turkish journalist arrested in ‘Erdoğan died’ social media post investigation - Stockholm Center for Freedom","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-31T14:12:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi","url":"https://bianet.org/haber/aydin-da-erdogan-vefat-etti-haberine-tutuklama-322928","headline":"Arrests made in Aydın over news report of \"Erdoğan has passed away\".","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-28T13:56:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Halk TV","url":"https://halktv.com.tr/turkiye/erdogan-vefat-etti-paylasimi-sorusturmasinda-gazeteci-savcilik-itiraziyla-tutuklandi-1051678h","headline":"In the Investigation Into the \"Erdoğan Has Passed Away\" Social Media Post, the Journalist Was Arrested Following an Appeal by the Prosecutor's Office.","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-28T13:36:10.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Cumhuriyet","url":"https://cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/erdogan-vefat-etti-sorusturmasi-serbest-birakilan-gazeteci-itiraz-uzerine-tutuklandi-2533161","headline":"'Erdogan died' investigation: Journalist released then arrested again following appeal - Breaking Political News","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-28T13:28:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"sesgazete.net","url":"https://sesgazete.net/aydinda-erdogan-vefat-etti-paylasimi-yapan-gazeteci-tutuklandi","headline":"A journalist in Aydın was arrested for posting a message saying \"Erdoğan has passed away.\"","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-28T12:20:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Haberler","url":"https://en.haberler.com/after-president-erdogan-s-claim-he-was-first-2305457","headline":"After President Erdogan's claim, he was first released and then arrested.","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-28T04:20:00.000Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":50,"centre":50,"right":0},"count":{"left":1,"centre":1,"right":0},"totalSources":11,"untracked":9,"rated":2,"observedAt":"2026-09-04T14:34:04.745Z"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-09-04T22:15:34.275Z","closedAt":null,"checks":1,"changes":0,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":["Cumhuriyet, rated left, led on the journalist's arrest following a prosecutor's appeal. 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