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Journalist issues veiled threat to Halk TV over Kılıçdaroğlu story

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A Turkish journalist issued a veiled threat to Halk TV, a news channel, after it published a story about Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's potential priorities.
  • The journalist, Barış Yarkadaş, implied that Halk TV's management would soon learn about Kılıçdaroğlu's actual first task, suggesting internal information would be provided.
  • Halk TV's general director questioned Yarkadaş's threat, asking if he intended to get journalists fired, to which Yarkadaş responded by questioning CHP's involvement in Halk TV's hiring and firing decisions.

A veiled threat from journalist Barış Yarkadaş towards Halk TV has ignited a public exchange, following the channel's report on Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's potential priorities. Halk TV had published a story, citing Sabah newspaper, with the headline: "Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu full throttle: His priority will be the 'ethics committee'!"

His priority isn't that… You will be the first to learn about his first task… Your accounting manager will provide you with information anyway… You'll hear…

· Barış YarkadaşJournalist Barış Yarkadaş's response to Halk TV's social media post about a story concerning Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

Yarkadaş, who previously worked at TGRT Haber and now at TV100, responded to Halk TV's social media post about the story. He wrote, "His priority isn't that… You will be the first to learn about his first task… Your accounting manager will provide you with information anyway… You'll hear."

Halk TV's General Director, Bengü Şap Babaeker, challenged Yarkadaş's statement, asking, "Are you going to get journalists fired, Barış? Who are you threatening with what?"

Are you going to get journalists fired, Barış? Who are you threatening with what?

· Bengü Şap BabaekerHalk TV's General Director questioning Barış Yarkadaş's veiled threat.

Yarkadaş then retorted, questioning the channel's management's role in hiring and firing decisions. "What's the connection? Does the CHP management hire for Halk TV? Does the CHP management decide on dismissals? I don't know if that's been the case recently… Yours is an interesting confession too… So, the CHP headquarters decides on the news and program flow, and hiring? That's why dismissal etc. immediately came to your mind… Interesting…"

What's the connection? Does the CHP management hire for Halk TV? Does the CHP management decide on dismissals? I don't know if that's been the case recently… Yours is an interesting confession too… So, the CHP headquarters decides on the news and program flow, and hiring? That's why dismissal etc. immediately came to your mind… Interesting…

· Barış YarkadaşBarış Yarkadaş's response to Halk TV's General Director's questioning about his veiled threat.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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