CHP Chair Özgür Özel reacts: 'It is the panic of guilt'

CHP Chair Özgür Özel has reacted to the detention of BirGün executives. Özel stated, "The mobile guillotine in Istanbul has once again panicked and targeted journalists to hide its exposed lawlessness."

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CHP Chair Özgür Özel reacts: 'It is the panic of guilt'

BirGün newspaper website Managing Editor Yaşar Gökdemir and Publication Coordinators Berkant Gültekin and Uğur Koç have been detained.

CHP Chair Özel responded to the detention decisions.

"THEY HAVE PANICKED AND TARGETED JOURNALISTS"

In a statement on his X account, Özel used the following expressions:

"The mobile guillotine in Istanbul has once again panicked and targeted journalists to hide its exposed lawlessness.

The detention of journalists Uğur Koç, Berkant Gültekin, and Yaşar Gökdemir for publishing a story in BirGün that had already been published by the Sabah newspaper is an unprecedented scandal.

Trying to manufacture a crime here is the panic of guilt. The journalists must be released immediately."

İstanbul’daki seyyar giyotin, ortaya dökülen hukuksuzluklarını gizlemek için bir kez daha panikle gazetecileri hedef almıştır.

Sabah gazetesinin zaten yayınladığı bir haberi BirGün’de yayınladıkları için gazeteciler Uğur Koç, Berkant Gültekin ve Yaşar Gökdemir’in gözaltına…
— Özgür Özel (@eczozgurozel) February 8, 2025