Exactly 13 months ago, I appeared before you saying “Vira Bismillah!” (Heave away, in the name of God)… Now it is time to say “Pruva Neta” (Clear the bow/Good luck)!
In that first article, I recounted what I had experienced during my 34 years in the profession.
The bosses who said, “Turn around, my brother… Turn around just like everyone else is doing!”…
The politicians who called those bosses to order my dismissal…
The hundreds of criminal complaints filed against me, the dozens of lawsuits opened…
The television stations they had shut down just to prevent me from hosting a program…
And that I was not the only journalist to experience all of this…
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During the AKP government era, nearly 10 thousand journalists in every field of the profession had lived through what I lived through…
As a part of them, we had gathered at 12punto.com.tr.
A group of honest, honorable, upright journalists with articles to write and words to say, we were going to be here before you, listening only to the voice of our own hearts.
We promised that you would read news and commentary at 12punto.com.tr that you could not read anywhere else.
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We had only one dream; to write again one day, to speak again…
12punto.com.tr was founded for this, and for 13 months, it has never given up on these ideals.
It has featured tens of thousands of news stories and original opinion columns.
Even though we are just a 13-month-old baby, we have managed to say, “We are here, too.”
My friends will continue on their path from here on out with the same faith and principles.
By not letting anyone infringe upon the public's right to receive news!
As for me, I am handing over the watch.
I thank all my brothers and sisters in the management and editorial staff, with whom I stood shoulder to shoulder in the name of free and independent journalism during my most difficult days…
And I thank you, the readers, who valued my work and read my articles.
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Do not forget; 12punto.com.tr is not just a news site.
At the same time, it is one of the freest and most original voices of the Turkish media, which is being forced into a state of uniformity.
Please continue to follow us…
Pruva Neta, 12punto…
May your wind be fair!
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