On 1 November 2017, he was arrested on both Article 309 and Article 312 of the Turkish Penal Code.[20] Article 309 (“attempts to abolish, replace or prevent the implementation of, through force and violence, the constitutional order of the republic of Turkey”[21]) was related to an investigation on the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, and Article 312 (“the use of force and violence, to abolish the government of the Republic of Turkey or to prevent it, in part or in full, from fulfilling its duties”[22]) was related to an investigation on Gezi Park protests.