Turkish Journalist Fatih Altayali has been imprisoned, but his reporting is clearly alive.
From behind bars, experienced journalists layer of news and fast political comments YouTube Channels through letters relayed by their lawyers. The letters are read loudly by an assistant by an assistant, the altalli companions have described “jail journalism”.
Fellow journalist Murti Yetkin wrote on his news website, Yetkin report, “Fatih Altayali has started a new form of journalism: Jail Journalism,”. “Drawing on the trips to legislators, letters and their lawyers – he continues his journalism uninterrupted, not only gives information from inside, but also information about the outside world.”
Altayli, whose YouTube program attracts hundreds of thousands of views per day, was arrested in June for threatening. Recep Tyip ErdoganAn allegation he strongly denies. Critics say their arrest, which comes amidst deep cracks on the opposition, was to silence the government critic.
Prosecutors accused the ultaylli and publicly accused of broadcasting a threat, demanding a criminal charge, and a minimum five -year prison sentence under the Turkish Penal Act. The first hearing of the test has been scheduled for Friday.
The allegations stems from a comment on their YouTube program, “Fatih Altayali comments”, after a recent survey, in which more than 70% of the people allegedly opposed the presidential post for Erdogan for a lifetime, which has been in power for more than two decades.
On the show, Altayali stated that he was not surprised by the results of the pole and the people of Türkiye preferred a check on the authority.
“Look at the history of this nation,” he said. “This is a nation that strangled his Sultan, when he did not like him or wanted him. A lot of Ottoman Sultans were murdered, strangled, or whose deaths were made to look like suicide.”
The 63-year-old journalist, columnist and television presenter, whose career extended for decades, was detained from his home on 21 June, accused of threatening the President a day after the comment.
Istanbul The Bar Association termed the detention order against ultiali as illegal, stressing that his comment did not form a “danger” and it should be considered as freedom of expression.
The government -run department for disintegration has responded to criticism on the arrest of ultaylli, insisting that issuing a threat is a criminal offense and shows that it is described as a coordinated campaign to manipulate the public opinion and the alleged danger has been presented as freedom of expression.
Ultayali has since changed its cell in the infamous high security Cylivary Jail near Istanbul-now changed its name to Mermarara Jail Campus-Ne in a news room. He often writes the commentary critical of the political atmosphere, causing his imprisonment and sharing the news, in which he gathers from a stable stream of visitors, including politicians and legal advisors.
The Youtube program, which is now re -written as “Fathih Altayli cannot comment”, opens with a journalist’s empty chair. His assistant, Emery Acker, a guest comments loudly reads the letter of ultayasty, which includes journalists, politicians, academics, actors, and musicians, temporarily occupies the seat and distributes their views in a show of support.
Meanwhile, the written comments of the ultaylli are published on their private website.
Yetin said that many people had assumed that due to their privileged lifestyle, all the pressure would put pressure.
“But Fatah did not bow down. I wouldn’t say that he is maintaining his line; he has raised it. In my view, he stands compared to before,” Firkin wrote.
Altayli’s “Jail Journalism” includes an interview with a fellow prisoner Imamogl’s AcremThe mayor of Istanbul, who was arrested on charges of corruption in March. This interview was conducted through written questions and answers through his lawyers. Ultraly also reports the other major prisoners in the cylivri.
Many independent journalists have lost their jobs and have turned to YouTube for reporting without censors, with the majority of mainstream media in Turkey owned by pro -government businesses or directly controlled by the government.
According to the syndicate of Turkish journalists, a total of 17 journalists and other media areas, including ultayasis, are currently behind bars. The government said that journalists have to face prosecution for criminal acts and not their journalism work.