Call from Mücahit Birinci to AKP members 'sipping tea and cracking sunflower seeds': Let the public see who is who

AKP Chairman and President of Erdoğan's deputies to appear on screen and speaki ntergave instructions in the direction ofthe allegation thati nia short time debunkedwhilethe debate on the subjectisbeing joined bydifferent figures intermscontinueswith hisstatements.

It is not the journalists on screen but the AKP deputies who should be.gi direction's opea new one has been added to the statements. The c all this time came from MüMücahit Birinci responded.

Birinci called for them to leave theircomfortzones andstepHe addressed the AKP deputies who do not appear on screen and said it is your turn a call.si didi.

Here is Birinci's c allings:

"Regarding the debate that has started in recent days about journalists defending the government, I view it this way:

I think politicians,all members of the MKYKshould go on TV. Theyshould go on. Theyshould go on so that theworld can see how manyconsists oflet them see.

For example, there are many journalists in the AK Party.

There are TVactors.

In fact, there are veteran television personalities who have hosted their own programs.

We usually see themflying balloons in Paris, traveling, and having fun.

None of them:•

Did not speak about the IMM investigations,

•regarding the mudslinging at the prosecutor's office, they didn't even post a single tweet,or,

•In fact, they didn't even express an opiniononany event.

Look at their social media; they are either traveling, eating, ordrinking, taking selfies in Parliament, in perfectly safe, comfortable zones.while living in it, youwill see.

At the pointwe have reached, look, including myself as a lawyer,our journalist friends who have defended the government on TV for yearshave been veryworn out. We haveoften been targets...

Ourpoliticiancolleagues, however, arein safe zonessipping teathey justsipped tea and crackedsunflower seeds.

They neither stood as a shield for Erdoğan

nor entered the system todebate with the other side.

JThey should certainly go on; they must go on TV andgo on, they should use social mediaopenly, and be at ease.

They should use their journalistic knowledge and experience for those who brought them to those positionsandput in some effort.

They shouldn't be busy flying balloons in Paris or writing poetry books. They should be in the field.

Let the publicsee who is who, and who isnot."

Regarding the recent debate about journalists defending the government, here is my take:

I think politicians, all MKYK members, should go on TV. They should go on and see how many continents the world is made of.

For instance, there are many journalists in the AK Party.

There are TV actors.

Even those with their own programs...

— Mücahit Birinci (@birincimucahit) December 27, 2025