Zülküf Atay (60), whose execution was postponed for treatment because he suffers from colon cancer, was taken into custody on Thursday, as the postponement period of the execution ended. Atay was released after his lawyers objected to the measure and provided a medical report to the prosecutor's office. The execution of the sentence was postponed for another 6 months for treatment.

Atay was arrested in 2019 within the scope of the activities of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison. The execution of the sentence was postponed for 6 months to allow him to be treated for cancer at the beginning of the year.