Former Erdoğan Aide Faces Backlash over Hate Speech Targeting Alawites in Syria - Stockholm Center for Freedom
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Journalist Kemal Öztürk, known for his close ties to the government, commented on developments in Syria on a television channel, saying, "I heard such horrific stories that you feel like saying, 'It would be justified to massacre all these Alawites.'"
Two recent statements, occurring one after the other, have reopened the public debate on whether Alevis are being targeted. Following Altan Tan's controversial remarks about Alevi identity and atheism, Kemal Öztürk targeted Nusayris on NTV, focusing on developments in Syria.
The Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) condemned the insulting and threatening statements made against Alevis by former HDP Diyarbakır MP Altan Tan and journalist Kemal Öztürk. TİP criticized the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) for its silence on the matter and declared that they will continue their struggle for equal citizenship for Alevis.
Former Erdoğan aide faces backlash over hate speech targeting Alawites in Syria - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkish journalist Kemal Öztürk, a former press adviser to then-prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has sparked criticism over remarks condemned as hate speech against Arab Alawites in Syria after saying accounts of alleged atrocities could make one feel that they “would deserve it if they were all massacred.”. Öztürk, who later served as director general of the state-run Anadolu news agency, made the remarks during a program on the NTV news ch…
The DEM Party described Kemal Öztürk's remarks targeting Arab Alawites in Syria on a television broadcast as a "hate crime." The party stated that Öztürk's statements clearly constitute a crime and called for an immediate judicial investigation.
The Democratic Left Party (DEM Party) reacted to Kemal Öztürk, who targeted Alawites in Syria with his statement on a TV program, "One feels like saying it would be justified to slaughter all these Nusayris."
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