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Press Card’s of hundreds of journalist are revoked – Faruk Balıkçı
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Faruk Balıkçı
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
27/01/2020
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Executive and Administration
Other

A large number of journalists who have been waiting for the response of renewal applications for a long time, including the members of Evrensel Newspaper and Birgün Newspaper, TGS Diyarbakır representative Mahmut Oral and Faruk Balıkçı, learned that their press cards were canceled, on 24th of January.

Shortly after the incident was reported to the press, it was learned that the press cards were renewed on the evening of January 27, Sunday.

With the regulation criticized by many journalists and journalism organizations, the Press Cards Commission was linked to the Presidency of Communication Presidency. Press cards enables journalists to access information and are required for journalists to use their professional rights.