Yılmaz Özdil shares: Notable statement from Sözcü TV's new management

Following changes in the management of Sözcü TV and the departure of some employees, writer Yılmaz Özdil, who has taken charge of the channel, made a notable post on his social media account.

Özdil announced the new process with the words, "Sözcü Television is starting its new era! It is your right to receive news, it is our duty to provide it."

Sözcü Televizyonu yeni dönemine başlıyor! Haber almak hakkınız, haber vermek görevimiz - Sözcü https://t.co/7HrE3ZSwT1

— Yılmaz ÖZDİL (@Yilmaz_Ozdill) December 7, 2025

In the report bearing the same headline, evaluations regarding the new era from General Manager Güney Öztürk, Editor-in-Chief İpek Özbey, Deputy General Manager and Anchor Serdar Cebe, and Anchor Ekrem Açıkel were included. The report also stated, "Starting tomorrow, you will see a completely different screen. There is news on that screen; in defiance of those who say 'look at the bird' (distraction), the truth will be spoken. The era where the journalist is not the news, but makes the news, is beginning. Are you ready?"

Providing information about the new era, Öztürk, Özbey, Cebe, and Açıkel answered questions directed at them. Regarding Yılmaz Özdil taking charge of the channel, Öztürk said, "He is one of the most criticized but also most loved, most read, and most watched pens in the media... Having him with us at Sözcü TV adds strength not only to our staff but also to our influence and power." Özbey, thanking her former colleagues, described the process of accepting her new role with the words, "I owe a debt of gratitude to my former colleagues with whom I worked but who are not here today for their efforts. Now it is a new era. When Yılmaz Bey offered me this position, I didn't even think about it. Actually, it wouldn't be right to say he offered it; he said, 'You are the new Editor-in-Chief of this channel,' and that was it, clear!"

Cebe also explained the reasons for choosing to work with Yılmaz Özdil with the following words: "When Yılmaz Özdil talks to you, there is no possibility of rejecting him. We are always told about the negatives we will encounter when starting a job; we are told, 'Look, be careful.' Yılmaz Özdil did the exact opposite. He didn't tell us how not to do a job, but how we would do it. That is what attracted me."

News Source: 12punto