türkçe links to original Turkish article
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 January 2025)
Just some wholesome New Year's fun!
Prior to New Year's Day the website "Kinky Turkey" (!) shared
sex-based videos and sold tickets for a party. A police operation
on 28 December at an address in the Hasanpaşa neighborhood of
Kadıköy, Istanbul, resulted in 25 individuals being taken into
custody. A search of the premises yielded 2 whips, waist
and back corsets, a cage, leashes, belts, masks, ropes, a
"BDSM" yoke (!) and other "fantasy" items.
23 of the individuals were released but the two organizers -
Tolga T. (33), who has a police record of 4 crimes, and Laden
S. (29), who has two - were arrested and charged with making
obscene publications involving animals and deceased people. (!)
In his defense (!), Tolga T. "explained" that "The social media
site belongs to me but the postings are from another date. I
was jailed because of another party 45 days ago and didn't
share any obscene videos after that. On 28 December about
25 friends joined me and Laden S. at my home to socialize
but not for any sexual activities. When the police came we
were eating dinner. As for the whip they found, that's
something I use in my personal life (!). The other things may
have been the property of the guests who came.
Laden S. said he lives in the same building and just
happened to be at the party, but that he wanted to make
sure that Tolga T. didn't let any kind of sexual garb or
objects be used during the festivities. (yeah, sure)