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Foreign Ministry includes Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and 30 other Turkish citizens on list of "undesirable persons"

21 October 2026 13:19 (UTC +04:00)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has included 31 Turkish citizens on the list of "undesirable persons," the Ministry told APA.

According to the Ministry, taking into account statements made through various social networks and internet platforms directed against the sovereignty, national security, constitutional order, people, and leadership of the Republic of Azerbaijan, calling for the forcible change of government, as well as inciting violence on the grounds of religious radicalism and stirring up religious hatred and hostility, the following citizens of the Republic of Türkiye have been declared "undesirable persons" in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan and banned from entering the territory of Azerbaijan:

Ahmet Barış İyison – Head of İyison Medya and the Gazeteciabi project
Cem Özyurt – Blogger
Akın Duru – Employee of TV8 and Acunmedya
Dursun Eker – Journalist, File Prodüksiyon Hizmetleri
Adem Özköse – Journalist, political analyst, writer
Muhammed Emin Yıldırım – Istanbul representative of Köklü Değişim magazine and media group
Cüneyt Sezer – Blogger, sociologist, publicist, and political analyst
Serhat Koyuncu – Public figure
Mikail Ayyıldız – Religious writer and researcher
Ahi Aratoğlu – Research writer, poet, and sociologist
Muharrem Çavuş – Chairman of the AK Party Boğaziçi Youth Branch (2020–2025)
Fatih Erbakan – Chairman of the New Welfare Party
Yahya Uğraş – Deputy Chairman of the HÜDA PAR Party
Aydın Binboğa – Economist, politician
Hakkı Eren – Journalist at Köklü Değişim
Sait Seyitoğlu – Head of the Financial and Administrative Affairs Department of the HÜDA PAR Party in Batman
Mehmet Boynukalın – Professor of Theology at Marmara University, Imam-Khatib of Hagia Sophia
Okan Aytaş – Journalist, owner of Finansopia Medya
Mert Armağan – Journalist
Yaşar Yavuz – Journalist at Yeni Şafak, Diriliş Postası, and Referans
Ahmet Sırrı Arvas – Poet, journalist, writer
Yusuf Kaplan – Writer, journalist
Erdinc Teğmen – Owner of Erte Medya
Ahmet Çakar – Sports commentator, former football referee
Halil Atakan Ay – Theologian
İsmail Kılıçarslan – TV NET, Yeni Şafak newspaper
Murat Şahin – Program host on Akıt TV
İrfan Kaya Ülger – Program host on Akıt TV
Fatin Dağistanlı – Program host on Akıt TV
Ömer Ulutaş – Chairman of the Toprak Party
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu – Member of Parliament

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also stated that appropriate measures would continue to be taken in response to calls against the Republic of Azerbaijan and activities promoting hostility.

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