The Press Council reacted harshly to Türkgün newspaper’s headline targeting of journalists Timur Soykan, Murat Ağırel, Barış Terkoğlu and Barış Pehlivan. The attack made in yesterday’s issue of the newspaper under the title ‘Halk TV’s stupid sleuthing’ was evaluated as an attitude that harmed the reputation of the profession.
In the statement made on the official account of the Press Council, “The threat to journalists, who are the pride of the profession, is unacceptable. We condemn Türkgün Newspaper’s targeting of commentators on Halk TV due to the program about the murder of Sinan Ateş . Such as Barış Terkoğlu, Murat Ağırel, Barış Pehlivan and Timur Soykan.” “Threatening valuable journalists is unacceptable.”
