 In February 2014, a humorous video project Taş did with Samsung received over one million views in two days.Taş, who had posted satirical tweets about Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was arrested along with 28 other people in September 2016 for alleged membership in "an armed terrorist organization".Although a court ordered his release on 31 March 2017, the decision was reversed after an appeal by the prosecutor.