Nurcan Vayiç Aksu (left) and Cemil Aksu (standing) with their son, Arev upon being released from prison
HOPA, Turkey—Hamshen Armenian activists, Nurcan Vayiç Aksu and Cemil Aksu, who were arrested in October by Turkish police, for allegedly posting anti-government content on social media, were released on Friday.
Vayiç Aksu was taken into police custody on October 19 following a raid of their house in the middle of the night. She is a rights activist and a member of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP).
Her hustband, Cemil, was arrested on October 25, leaving their eight-year-old son, Arev, without parents. While the Aksus were in jail, Arev was cared for by his aunt.
Aksu was arrested for allegedly “praising crime and criminalsâ€
