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Kahramanmaras, Turkey: police say two high-school pupils used AI to turn six girls' photos into obscene images and shared them; both were arrested

The Kahramanmaras provincial police said in December 2025, in a statement reported by Anadolu Agency, that two high-school pupils had turned photographs from the social-media accounts of six girls attending various high schools into obscene content using artificial intelligence and had shared it. According to the Demiroren News Agency (DHA), the six girls went to the courthouse with their families to complain that their photographs had been manipulated into obscene images, and the police cyber-crime unit established that the images had been made with AI. Both boys were detained and remanded in custody by a duty judge, and DHA reports that the provincial education directorate's disciplinary board expelled them from school. The tool used is not named.

AI system
Unidentified image tool
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
21 December 2025
Event location
Türkiye
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or Abuse
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Education · Privacy · Justice
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 3 sources, 1 underlying account
5 claims: 5 reported. 4 open questions
People reported harmed
6 people

AI system as recorded: Unidentified AI tool that, according to the Kahramanmaras police, the two pupils used to turn the girls' photographs into obscene content

What Happened

The police account. According to a statement by the Kahramanmaras provincial police directorate reported by Anadolu Agency on 21 December 2025, two high-school pupils in the city centre turned photographs from the social-media accounts of six girls, who attend various high schools, into obscene content using artificial intelligence and shared that content. The two were detained and, after being referred to the courthouse as juveniles, were remanded in custody by a duty judge.

How it came to light. The Demiroren News Agency (DHA) reports that the six girls went to the courthouse with their families and complained that their photographs had been manipulated into obscene images. The police cyber-crime unit then established that the images on the boys' social-media accounts had been made with AI. The Ihlas News Agency (IHA) reports that AI-made obscene content of the victims was found when the boys' devices were examined, and that the police found the content had been shared on different platforms.

School response. DHA reports that the provincial directorate of national education opened administrative and disciplinary investigations and that its disciplinary board expelled both pupils from school.

What is not established. No source names the AI tool or gives the date the images were made or shared, and no source reports how the girls were affected beyond their complaint. All three reports relay the police and education authorities; no girl or family member is quoted.

Reported harm

According to the Kahramanmaras police, photographs of six girls were turned into obscene content with AI and shared on platforms; DHA reports that the girls and their families complained at the courthouse.

Outcome

Ongoing

The two pupils were detained, referred to the courthouse and remanded in custody by a duty judge (Anadolu Agency via Haberturk); IHA reports the charges as violation of the privacy of private life and obscenity. DHA reports that the provincial directorate of national education opened administrative and disciplinary investigations and that its disciplinary board expelled both pupils. No trial outcome is reported.

What remains unknown

  • Which AI tool was used and how the police established that the images were AI-made.
  • When the images were made and shared, and on which platforms.
  • How the girls were affected beyond their complaint.
  • The outcome of the criminal case.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. The Kahramanmaras police statement (Anadolu Agency via Haberturk) says the two pupils turned the six girls' photographs into obscene content using artificial intelligence and shared it. DHA reports that the police cyber-crime unit established that the images on the boys' social-media accounts were made with AI, and IHA reports that AI-made obscene content of the victims was found when the boys' devices were examined. The images depict the girls, so the AI output is a depiction of each of them. The attribution is the investigating police's; the tool and the technical basis are not published.

5 claims: 5 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported According to the Kahramanmaras police, two high-school pupils turned photographs from six girls' social-media accounts into obscene content using AI and shared it.

Causal attribution. Police statement relayed by Anadolu Agency and IHA; one origin.

  • haberturk.com(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    Kahramanmaraş İl Emniyet Müdürlüğü'nden yapılan açıklamaya göre, il merkezinde 2 lise öğrencisinin, çeşitli liselerde eğitim gören 6 kız öğrencinin sosyal medya hesaplarında yer alan fotoğraflarını yapay zeka kullanarak müstehcen içeriklere dönüştürdükleri ve bu içerikleri paylaştıkları belirlendi.
  • istiklal.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    Şüphelilerin, bazı kız öğrencilerin sosyal medya hesaplarında yer alan fotoğraflarını izinsiz şekilde alarak yapay zekâ yardımıyla müstehcen görüntülere dönüştürdüğü belirlendi.
Reported DHA reports that the six girls went to the courthouse with their families and complained that their photographs had been manipulated into obscene images.

Causal attribution. DHA's account; no girl or family member is quoted.

  • dha.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    Kahramanmaraş’ta 6 kız öğrenci, aileleriyle birlikte adliyeye giderek kendi fotoğraflarının, üzerinde oynama yapılarak müstehcen hale getirildiğini belirtip şikayetçi oldu.
Reported The police cyber-crime unit established that the images had been made with AI, and AI-made obscene content of the victims was found on the boys' devices.

Causal attribution. Police findings relayed by DHA and IHA; one origin; the technical basis is not published.

  • dha.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    Olaya ilişkin çalışma başlatan İl Emniyet Müdürlüğü Siber Suçlarla Mücadele Şube Müdürlüğü ekipleri, erkek öğrenciler ... sosyal medya hesaplarındaki fotoğrafların yapay zeka kullanılarak oluşturulduğunu tespit etti.
  • istiklal.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    Gözaltına alınan şüphelilere ait dijital materyallerde yapılan incelemelerde, mağdur öğrencilere ait yapay zekâ ile üretilmiş müstehcen içerikler ele geçirildi.
Reported The two pupils were detained and remanded in custody by a duty judge; IHA reports the charges as violation of the privacy of private life and obscenity.

Causal attribution. Police and court steps as relayed by Anadolu Agency and IHA.

  • haberturk.com(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    Emniyetteki işlemlerinin ardından adliyeye sevk edilen suça sürüklenen çocuklar, çıkarıldıkları nöbetçi hakimlikçe tutuklandı.
  • istiklal.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    “özel hayatın gizliliğini ihlal” ve “müstehcenlik” suçlamalarıyla sevk edildikleri mahkemece tutuklanarak cezaevine gönderildi
Reported DHA reports that the provincial education directorate's disciplinary board expelled both pupils from school.

Causal attribution. DHA's account of the education directorate's decision.

  • dha.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    İl Milli Eğitim Disiplin Kurulu, soruşturma sonunda öğrencilerin okuldan atılmasına karar verdi.

Sources

3 sources inspected, from 1 underlying account. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Turkish-language source, read on 2026-10-20 (HTTP 200) and translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translation. Anadolu Agency report carried by Haberturk, 21 Dec 2025, citing the provincial police statement. Applies to s1.

Turkish-language source, read on 2026-10-20 (HTTP 200) and translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translation. DHA report, 24 Dec 2025, relaying the police findings and the education directorate decision. Applies to s2.

Turkish-language source, read on 2026-10-20 (HTTP 200) and translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translation. IHA report carried by Istiklal, 24 Dec 2025, relaying the police account. Applies to s3.

Event countries: Türkiye. Affected-person countries: Türkiye. Court countries: Türkiye.

Event: the pupils and the six girls attend high schools in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, and the Kahramanmaras police investigated (AA, DHA, IHA). Court: a duty judge in Kahramanmaras remanded the two pupils.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-20: Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the Kahramanmaras police say two pupils used AI to turn six girls' photographs into obscene content and shared it, and the cyber-crime unit found AI-made content of the victims on the boys' devices (Anadolu Agency, DHA, IHA). All claims rest on the police and education authorities' accounts; the pupils, all minors or school students, are not named here.

People described

Six female high-school students in Kahramanmaras whose photographs from their social-media accounts were turned into obscene images and shared; none is named in any source.

People reported harmed in this case

6 people

0 AI participants · 6 other people harmed

The police statement (Anadolu Agency via Haberturk) and DHA both give six girls whose photographs were turned into obscene content; IHA gives six. The two accused pupils, whose arrest and expulsion are consequences of their own conduct, are not counted.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#ai-generated-images#sexual-image-abuse#school#turkey#arrest#school-expulsion

Cite this case

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APA

NOPE. (2026). Kahramanmaras, Turkey: police say two high-school pupils used AI to turn six girls' photos into obscene images and shared them; both were arrested. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2025-kahramanmaras-police-say-two-high-school-pupils-used-ai-to-turn-six-girls-photos-into-obscene-images

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  title = {Kahramanmaras, Turkey: police say two high-school pupils used AI to turn six girls' photos into obscene images and shared them; both were arrested},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2025-kahramanmaras-police-say-two-high-school-pupils-used-ai-to-turn-six-girls-photos-into-obscene-images}
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