# Privacy violation controversy during Mersin police raids

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/privacy-violation-controversy-during-mersin-police-raids
> Updated: 2026-10-02T12:37:47.000Z. Sources: 6. Developments: 2.

Controversy has emerged in Turkey following police operations in Mersin involving the detention of 59 individuals, including three mayors from the Mersin Metropolitan, Yenişehir, and Mezitli municipalities.

The incident centers on the release of footage to the media and social media showing a woman inside her private residence in her pajamas during a raid. Critics noted that the woman had requested the filming stop, but the recording continued. 

YENİ Parti MPs Gökçe Gökçen and Seyit Torun condemned the leak, questioning women’s safety and citing unequal treatment by authorities. The Equality for Women Platform (EŞİK) also issued a statement, characterizing the act as the “exhibition of a woman’s most private moments without her consent” and a tool of shaming within a patriarchal structure.

## Timeline

### 2026-10-02: EŞİK condemns privacy violation during Mersin police operations

The Equality for Women Platform (EŞİK) condemned the release of footage showing a woman in her pajamas during police operations in Mersin, calling it a violation of privacy and dignity.

3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/eik-condemns-privacy-violation-during-mersin-police-operations

### 2026-09-30: YENİ Parti MPs criticize police for leaking private home footage

YENİ Parti MPs Gökçe Gökçen and Seyit Torun criticized police for filming a woman in her home and leaking the footage to the press, citing violations of privacy and women's safety.

3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/yeni-parti-mps-criticize-police-for-leaking-private-home-footage

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