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BackKemal Kılıçdaroğlu's reaction to access barriers and fund scandal censorship
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's reaction to access barriers and fund scandal censorship
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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's reaction to access barriers and fund scandal censorship

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu reacted to the access ban decisions on internet media and social media and the censorship of fund scandal news.

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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu reacted with a written statement to the recent access restrictions imposed on internet media and social accounts and the censorship of news about the billions of lira fund scandal.

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Recently, access to the websites and social media accounts of many media organizations, non-governmental organizations and journalists in Türkiye has been blocked.

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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the 'absolute nullity' administration in the Republican People's Party, reacted with a written statement against the access ban decisions on internet media and social media, which have recently gained momentum and expanded.

Kılıçdaroğlu, in his statement on his account on the social media platform "T24, one of the news sites, was closed altogether," he said.

Kılıçdaroğlu stated that the access ban is no longer an exceptional legal measure and that they have seen that the censorship mechanism is used specifically on one issue and continued his words as follows:

"Funding scandal. We are talking about a scandal worth billions of liras that concerns the money of hundreds of thousands of citizens. Not only the oppositionists are disturbed by this scandal. Our citizens who voted for the AK Party are also disturbed. Because there is no ideology here. Here is the money that people have saved with their sweat. Who won? Who knew beforehand? Who had political and bureaucratic connections? Who was responsible for monitoring? Who did not do their duty? It is not a crime to ask these things. It is the duty of the journalist to investigate these. If you really want to go after this fund scandal, first get out of the way of the journalists." "Withdraw. Don't block the news. Don't silence journalists. Because today, these access barriers are not only an obstacle to freedom of the press, they are also an obstacle to the investigation."

"GET YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM THERE"

Then addressing the government, Kılıçdaroğlu said, "Do you really want all the connections of this fund scandal to be revealed or not? Who won? Who knew it in advance? Who earned millions and billions from which funds? Who had political connections? Who had relatives and relatives in the bureaucracy? Who did not see these while they were in charge of supervising them? Do you want all this to be revealed or not? If you want, you will get out of the way of the journalists. This country's internet is not a special valve that can shut off the news about itself. "I call out to those sitting behind the valve of the internet: I see and know what you are doing and why you are doing it, get your hands off of there. You cannot cover up your crimes like this." he said.

Open Questions

  • What are the official reasons behind access blocking decisions?
  • What steps will be taken within the scope of the fund scandal investigation?

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This article was originally published by Cumhuriyet.

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