Baku-APA. Derya Sazak, the editor-in-chief of the Milliyet newspaper, was replaced with Ankara representative Fikret Bila, in latest of a series of reshuffles in the Turkish media at a time when government and media relations have come to spotlight amid mounting concerns over the freedom of the press, APA reports quoting Turkish media.
The move aroused suspicions over the nature of the reshuffle, which came after mass firings of journalists in post-Gezi protests, dealing further blow to editorial freedom of news outlets.
The Milliyet daily had come under fire when it published minutes of the Ä°mralı talks between pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputies and the jailed leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) earlier this year.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan vehemently criticized the newspaper, deeming its work as sloppy journalism.
Following mounting government pressure, prominent columnist and journalist Hasan Cemal has to leave the newspaper after his pieces faced censorship.
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