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President’s chief advisor Oktay Saral verbally targeted Hürriyet Daily
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hürriyet Daily Newspaper
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
08/04/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Threat or Harassment

President Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor Oktay Saral claimed that Hürriyet Daily is the representative of global powers and it was founded by people with the same mentality of those who have founded Israel.

Saral stated that “Hürriyet Daily is founded in 1948 which is the year Israel was founded. It (Hürriyet) is established by people with the same mentality of those who have founded Israel. Hürriyet took part in the actions for destroying the values of Turkey. This is the reason of its existence. These are working for chaos. Aydın Doğan (the owner of Hürriyet)  has no relation with the culture, with values of this country. Aydın Doğan is a person who doesn’t belong to this country yet he looks like he does.” (27 March 2017)