Türkiye‘s communications director on Thursday criticized the West’s silence over detention of two Turkish journalists in Germany over their story towards the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Türkiye.
In a Twitter submit, Fahrettin Altun mentioned: “Blind leading the blind! Both the shameless operation targeting Turkish journalists legally operating in Germany and those keeping silent have done something completely unacceptable.”
Earlier, TRT World’s Washington correspondent requested U.S. State Department’s deputy spokesman Vedant Patel to touch upon the arrest of Turkish journalists in Germany.
Patel declined to remark and mentioned: “I don’t know the specifics of this case.”
Altun mentioned that “those daring to lecture Türkiye, where hundreds of foreign reporters work freely, at every turn have revealed the true face of their so-called values today.”
“It is perfectly clear that this operation, intended to intimidate Turkish journalists, was planned with the assumption that certain politicians, who promised to make Türkiye toe the Western line in their meeting with foreign ambassadors, could actually win on May 14,” he added.
“Our message is clear: One way or another, you will come to terms with the fact that Türkiye will continue to be a great state that defends its citizens and hold accountable anyone daring to hurt them under the strong leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,” Altun mentioned.
İsmail Erel and Cemil Albay, senior journalists working for Turkish each day Sabah, had been arrested within the early hours on Wednesday, after dozens of police personnel raided their properties in German metropolis of Frankfurt. Their telephones, laptops and digital storage gadgets had been additionally seized by the police.
They had been launched a number of hours after their arrest.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
