Sabahattin Önkibar of the paper Aydinlik was reportedly beaten to the ground and kicked by three assailants near his home in Ankara on May 25https://odatv.com/sabahattin-onkibara-saldiri-25051923.html …
Show this thread
This hasn’t been getting near enough attention, so here’s a thread: Five Turkish opposition journalists have been beaten by assailants throughout Turkey over the past 15 days
-
-
-
Hakan Denizli, founder of the local Adana paper Egemen Gazetesi, was was shot in the leg shorly after leaving his home Adana on May 24https://www.birgun.net/haber-detay/adanada-gazeteciye-evinin-onunde-silahli-saldiri.html …
Show this thread -
Ergin Çevik, editor of the local paper Güney Haberci was beaten by three assailants outside of a restaurant in Antalya on May 20https://www.aksam.com.tr/guncel/antalyada-gazeteci-ergin-cevik-saldiriya-ugradi/haber-973340 …
Show this thread -
İdris Özyol, a columnist at the local paper Yeni Yüzyı, was beaten by three men wielding clubs on May 15hhttps://t24.com.tr/haber/gazeteci-idris-ozyol-a-saldiranlardan-biri-mhp-li-baskanin-soforu-cikti,821928 …
Show this thread -
Yavuz Selim Demirağ, a columnist at Yeniçağ, was beaten by a gang of men with baseball bats in Ankara on May 10 after appeared on a talk show where they discussed corruption in Turkey’s governmenthttps://www.dw.com/en/turkish-journalist-beaten-after-tv-appearance/a-48703808 …
Show this thread -
Authorities detained six suspects in connection to the beating of Yavuz Selim Demirağ, but they were later released:https://www.aydinlik.com.tr/gazeteci-yavuz-selim-demirag-a-saldiranlar-serbest-birakildi-medya-mayis-2019-1 …
Show this thread -
In the case of İdris Özyol, three men were detained in relation to the May 10 attack against him - one of whom has turned out to be the driver of a local party head for the AKP-allied, far-right MHP:https://t24.com.tr/haber/gazeteci-idris-ozyol-a-saldiranlardan-biri-mhp-li-baskanin-soforu-cikti,821928 …
Show this thread -
The reporting of all of these journalists have an opposition bent - for example, a day he was beaten, Onkibar posted this video, where he predicts Turkey will economically collapse and blames the governmenthttps://twitter.com/sonkibar/status/1131951885680881664 …
Show this thread -
Onkibar’s commentary is anti-government, but filled with very same conspiracy theories that you'd expect many watching the pro-government press to have internalized
Show this thread -
So here he conspiratorially insists that yes, the opposition CHP has been infiltrated by “FETÖ-PKK-US stooges”, but that the CHP’s mayor candidate, Imamoglu, is not one of them and that he should be supported in the coming election.https://www.aydinlik.com.tr/dogu-perincek-e-imamoglu-cevabim-sabahattin-onkibar-kose-yazilari-nisan-2019 …
Show this thread End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.