Tuncay Mollaveisoğlu reacts to RTÜK President's remarks on 'opposition channels'

Veteran journalist and 12punto columnist Tuncay Mollaveisoğlu has reacted to a social media post by RTÜK President Ebubekir Şahin regarding the broadcasting policies of opposition channels. Mollaveisoğlu commented on Şahin's statement by asking, 'Are you the one who will decide?'

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Tuncay Mollaveisoğlu reacts to RTÜK President's remarks on 'opposition channels'

RTÜK President Ebubekir Şahin drew attention with a statement he made on social media that directly targeted opposition channels.

Veteran journalist and 12punto columnist Tuncay Mollaveisoğlu responded to Şahin, who deemed the channels' broadcasting policies 'pessimistic' and threatened them with penalties if they continued such coverage.

Mollaveisoğlu shared Şahin's words on his account, calling it 'a historic statement,' and offered the following criticism:

Please read this statement from RTÜK..

You will find the kind of Turkey we live in within the expressions of an administrator of an institution that has become the stick of the ruling power.

This is a historic statement.

Joseph Goebbels, the second chancellor of Nazi Germany who served as the Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda between 1933 and 1945 and was Hitler's crony, would have envied this fellow…

Are you the one who will decide how journalists report the facts?

Are you the one who will decide how commentary is made?

Who are you? With what knowledge and authority are you lecturing on journalism?

RTÜK’ün bu açıklamasını lütfen okuyun..
Nasıl bir Türkiye’de yaşadığımızı, iktidarın sopası haline gelen bir kurumun yöneticisinin ifadelerinde bulacaksınız.
Tarihi bir açıklamadır bu.
1933-1945 yılları arasında Halkı Aydınlatma ve Propaganda Bakanlığı yapmış Nazi Almanyası'nın… https://t.co/ZySPgu83Uk
— Tuncay Mollaveisoglu (@TMollaveisoglu) February 8, 2025