Timur Soykan

In June 2024, journalist Timur Soykan was sued by New Zealand drug lord Duax Ngakuru, who claimed Soykan’s book Baron Invasion damaged his honor and demanded 350,000 TL and its withdrawal. That same day, authorities blocked access to Soykan’s related report. A separate trial over two articles began in December. He was briefly detained in April 2025 for “threat” and “blackmail,” and again in July for a social media post, then released on probation.