Turkish journalist detained after claiming ‘Musiala would join Galatasaray’

Authorities were not impressed with his reporting.

Per the outlets, the chief public prosecutor’s office for the region of Bakırkoy, near Istanbul, held the journalist on charges of “publicly disseminating misleading information.”

Further reporting from the outlet Gazetta has revealed that Terzi was released by authorities just a few hours later, without any restrictions imposed.

The decision to detain Terzi came after a July 26 report that Musiala had "largely agreed" to join the Turkish giants, prompting a formal response from the club.

Galatasaray responded to the report by saying: "Recently, the need to inform the public about our club has been deliberately circulated and does not reflect the truth.

“The allegations that professional football player Jamal Musiala will transfer to Galatasaray are untrue.

“Keeping these allegations, which are clearly unreal, on the agenda; it is an effort to create a perception aimed at misleading the public and discrediting the transfer efforts of our club.

“It is noteworthy that the people and media who own these speculations came to the public with similar unreal claims last season.

“Galatasaray carry out transfer activities with great meticulousness and confidentiality in line with the interests of our club.

“Unreal news and speculative claims will not change the working principles and goals of our club.

“We kindly request that the public and the great Galatasaray fans take only the official statements of our club as a basis, not to respect the news and speculations that do not reflect the truth, the people and media that persistently put them into circulation.”

Despite Galatasaray's denial of the information, the reporter is said to have stood by his findings, with Terzi telling the outlet NTV: "Simultaneously, Musiala would attend the camp next week from different sources.

“I’m not in the mood to get up in the morning to make it up or see it in my dreams at night.”

It remains to be seen if authorities bring any further charges against the journalist.