Ertem Şener, who said 'How can you boycott water, have you lost your minds?', takes a step back: I thought it was a political boycott

Sports commentator Ertem Şener had told viewers who reacted to him drinking water from a boycotted brand during his broadcast, 'How can you boycott water, have you lost your minds?'. Şener has now apologized in a new video.

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Ertem Şener, who said 'How can you boycott water, have you lost your minds?', takes a step back: I thought it was a political boycott

Boycott products' sales resannounceme ments and reactions continue, sports commentator Ertem Şener's action during a broadcast, he drank water from one of the boycotted brands and had and reacted to the criticism he received on this subject.it.

Sener'sthis out burstAs the reactions did not subside, a new video came from the sports commentator. Ertem Şener's new postingHe stated inthe video that hemis understoodtheHe spoke and apologized.

This is the statement made by Ertem Şener in that video.statement:

"Dear friends, Ithink there is a misunderstanding here, which I also misunderstood and explained incorrectly.

I did not know which water was being boycotted. I just learned. Some people were trollingmy YouTube broadcastand I thought the issue was political, so IIthoughtabout it.

Itturns out that water brand was on the boycott list. If Gaza and Palestine are involved,I apologize wholeheartedly.

But I say this with sincerity, I completely thought this was a political boycottand said, 'How can there be a boycott on water?'

At the heart of this is a genocide in Gaza, in Palestine, and this is beyond politics; even the air webreathe is subject to a boycott."

Ertem Şener, who had said 'How can you boycott water, have you lost your minds?', takes a step back:
I thought it was a political boycotthttps://t.co/CYNxLCN480 pic.twitter.com/LUVmOkA2Xr
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