10.07.2025 11:21
President's Chief Advisor Oktay Saral harshly criticized Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy. Saral said, "While children are still struggling for their lives in Gaza, did your heart not ache at all while setting up stages in Trabzon under the name 'Cultural Route Festival' and organizing entertainment with songs and dances? Did your conscience not hurt at all? Our people, who witness your insensitivity, are in a state of outrage, so you should know this."
President's Chief Advisor Oktay Saral criticized Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy with a statement he made on his X account.
WIDESPREAD FIRE FROM SARAL
Saral used the following expressions; "Dear Minister of Culture and Tourism, while children in Gaza are still struggling for their lives, while mothers are sending their babies to the grave without being able to hold them, the blood of our 12 martyrs, our brave ones, who we buried in the soil for our homeland has not yet dried, and the tears of their mothers have not yet ceased."
"DID YOUR HEART NEVER FEEL SORROW?"
While setting up stages under the name of "Cultural Road Festival" in Trabzon and organizing entertainment with songs and dances, did your heart never feel sorrow!? Did your conscience never ache?
"WHAT A GREAT DISCONNECTION FROM THE SOUL OF THE NATION"
How could you smile while the heart of this nation is burning? Are the tears of mothers who have not ceased crying, the pain of the families of martyrs, so worthless in your eyes? What great insensitivity this is, what a great disconnection from the soul of the nation!
"IT WILL REMAIN AS A DARK STAIN ON CONSCIENCES"
While the children of this nation are giving their lives, what was expected from you was not music, not entertainment; it was a dignified stance! While the heart of our nation is bleeding, the shining lights on the stages will remain as a dark stain on consciences! And our people, who witness this insensitivity, are in a state of outrage, know this!"