Fatih Altaylı reacts after access to his channel is blocked following Bahçeli-Öcalan details: 'Shame on you!'

An access ban was imposed on journalist Fatih Altaylı's YouTube channel by the 6th Criminal Court of Peace upon the request of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office dated August 7. The justification cited in the decision was the "protection of national security and public order, and the prevention of crime."

The video subject to the access ban is titled "Fatih Altaylı CANNOT COMMENT: 'We are saddened' / 22nd Term MP Emin Şirin comments." According to the decision record, the ban was implemented due to the segment starting at 3 minutes and 40 seconds of the video.

BAHÇELİ-ÖCALAN CLAIM

In the relevant section, there is a claim that MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli sent a poem by Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı to PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan as a letter. Journalist Ertuğrul Özkök had claimed that Bahçeli sent the poem titled "I Want a Homeland" (Memleket İsterim). It is also alleged that there is a possibility of a new investigation being opened regarding the relevant section.

Making a statement from Silivri Prison, Fatih Altaylı reacted sharply to the decision, saying:

"There is a clear injustice and lawlessness against us. According to what I have learned from our lawyers, such a decision was taken because I mentioned the transcripts of the meetings that PKK founder Abdullah Öcalan held with the Imralı delegation, which have been public for a long time. It is a complete comedy!"

Altaylı stated that other broadcasters had also voiced the same information previously, adding the following:

"I am not the first person to provide this information. I learned it from the programs of other broadcasters on YouTube. Nothing was said to them, and nothing should be said. But when we took it from them and broadcast it, it became a reason for a shutdown. Shame on you! Both the decision and the way it was taken are unlawful. We have appealed. We will continue to think and act as if there is still an independent judiciary in Turkey!"