A Columnist and a TV Programmer Dismissed

After the general elections, Show TV host Melih Altınok and Sabah Daily columnist Sevilay Yükselir were dismissed.

After Show TV had been transferred to Ciner Media Group, Melih Altınok’s TV program was discontinued broadcasting. Altınoluk shared on his twitter account: ”Election results are coming to the media. Ciner discontinued broadcasting of my program ‘Güne Merhaba’ (Say Hi to the Day!)! Very well!”

Ersoy Dede, columnist from Yeni Akit (a conservative and Islamist Turkish daily) shared his feeling on the subject via twitter: “Free press! Melih Altınok’s TV program in Show TV was discontinued. Altınok was such a good man. Thank God Ciner Media Group approved him,” in a sarcastic way.

Sevilay Yükselir was dismissed, too

After the general elections, Sabah Daily columnist Sevilay Yükselir who criticized Deputy PM Yalçın Akdoğan was dismissed.

Sevilay Yükselir shared on her twitter account:”I was dismissed from Sabah daily in which I’ve been writing for seven years since I supported Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and I wanted HDP to pass the election threshold. Let’s hope for the best. Keep going as a journalist. By the way, I don’t deserve to be criticized by my colleagues because I didn’t hesitate to be fair.”

Yükselir commented on Yalçın Akdoğan’ sentence ‘Now HDP can forget all about resolution process.’ via her twitter account: "Who are these carrion crows? Yalçın Akdoğan is one of them. They still continue to make Justice and Development Party (AKP) lose votes. They did the same before. Furthermore, they will continue to lose votes if people who are ignorant about politics like Akdoğan keep talking. PM Ahmet Davutoğlu should shut Akdoğan up.” (EA/BD)

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