29.01.2025 14:13
After the detention of Barış Pehlivan, Serhan Asker, and Seda Selek, Fatih Portakal, who became the focus of criticism with his comments, responded to the criticisms directed at him during a live broadcast. In response to a viewer's question, "Have they bought you too?" Portakal replied, "That's an interesting perspective."
The comments made by Sözcü TV's main news presenter Fatih Portakal after the detention of Cumhuriyet writer Barış Pehlivan, Halk TV's Responsible Manager Serhan Asker, and Halk TV presenter Seda Selek created a significant stir.
WHAT DID FATIH PORTAKAL SAY?
Portakal expressed that he does not find Barış Pehlivan's actions correct, stating, "Barış may be a very good journalist, but he should let those around him listen to the conversation he had with the expert. And even if that person says, 'I do not want to appear on Halk TV, I do not want this to be broadcast,' and even if he is openly listened to, asking for his address, and I do not know what kind of editorial boards they have later, but if you are broadcasting this statement from someone who does not want this, that is a mistake, wrong, and you should not do it."
RESPONSE TO CRITICISMS
Responding to the criticisms directed at him by opening a live broadcast on YouTube, Portakal said, "I understand the reactions coming in. We are divided like a watermelon. Even if it is done wrong, we are ideologically in the belief of protection. I do not chase after the wrong. Then I cannot reach the truth."
"DID THEY BUY YOU TOO?"
In response to a viewer's comment, "You got the embassy," Portakal laughed and replied, "How knowledgeable we are is important." Another viewer wrote to Portakal, "Did they buy you too?" Portakal responded to this comment with, "This is also an interesting approach."