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NEW YORK TIMES RESPONDS TO TURKISH PM'S CRITICISM OVER GEZI PARK AD
Hurriyet, Turkey
June 8 2013
The New York Times has said it accepts advertisements "from all
advocacy groups who wish to share their opinions" in response to
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's criticism over a
full-page ad placed in the newspaper by Gezi Park supporters.
"We publish this type of advertising because we believe in the First
Amendment, which affords us the right to publish news and editorials,
but just as important, guarantees the public's right to be heard,"
the New York Times said in a written statement to daily Hurriyet
published on June 8.
"Our advertising department and our newsroom are completely distinct
operations and the newsroom has nothing to do with the placement or
acceptance of advertising messages," it also added.
The prime minister targeted the foreign media during a speech June 7,
accusing foreign outlets of "running stories based on orders with
ideological approaches."
The ad run under the title "What's happening in Turkey" and supported
the popular resistance following the protests in Gezi Park, while
issuing several demands, such as the end of police brutality, the
start of democratic dialogue and a freer media.
Times' answer filled my eyes with tears: EU Minister
EU Minister Egemen Bağış, who lived for years in the United States,
chided the New York Times over its decision to publish the ad.
"When I read the New York Times answer with a mention to the First
Amendment, I had tears in my eyes, I was really touched," Bağış told
daily Hurriyet, adding that when he was lobbying in the United States,
the broadsheet had refused to print an ad that said "A systematic
Armenian Genocide did not take place."
"They have made an incomplete statement. They should have said 'We
only support the ads of advocacy groups that we want, on subjects that
we want.' I experienced this personally when I lived in the United
States. I saw how libertarian the American media was with concrete
experiences," he said, adding that they never managed to print their
ads on the Armenian or other issues.
"We were also a nongovernmental organization. We also wanted to
express our freedom of thought. But when it comed to hear our voices,
their ears went deaf. All the doors were closed. How come they have
become so sensitive to a problem inside Turkey?"
June/08/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-york-times-responds-to-turkish-pms-criticism-over-gezi-park-ad.aspx?pageID=238&nID=48451&NewsCatID=338
Hurriyet, Turkey
June 8 2013
The New York Times has said it accepts advertisements "from all
advocacy groups who wish to share their opinions" in response to
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's criticism over a
full-page ad placed in the newspaper by Gezi Park supporters.
"We publish this type of advertising because we believe in the First
Amendment, which affords us the right to publish news and editorials,
but just as important, guarantees the public's right to be heard,"
the New York Times said in a written statement to daily Hurriyet
published on June 8.
"Our advertising department and our newsroom are completely distinct
operations and the newsroom has nothing to do with the placement or
acceptance of advertising messages," it also added.
The prime minister targeted the foreign media during a speech June 7,
accusing foreign outlets of "running stories based on orders with
ideological approaches."
The ad run under the title "What's happening in Turkey" and supported
the popular resistance following the protests in Gezi Park, while
issuing several demands, such as the end of police brutality, the
start of democratic dialogue and a freer media.
Times' answer filled my eyes with tears: EU Minister
EU Minister Egemen Bağış, who lived for years in the United States,
chided the New York Times over its decision to publish the ad.
"When I read the New York Times answer with a mention to the First
Amendment, I had tears in my eyes, I was really touched," Bağış told
daily Hurriyet, adding that when he was lobbying in the United States,
the broadsheet had refused to print an ad that said "A systematic
Armenian Genocide did not take place."
"They have made an incomplete statement. They should have said 'We
only support the ads of advocacy groups that we want, on subjects that
we want.' I experienced this personally when I lived in the United
States. I saw how libertarian the American media was with concrete
experiences," he said, adding that they never managed to print their
ads on the Armenian or other issues.
"We were also a nongovernmental organization. We also wanted to
express our freedom of thought. But when it comed to hear our voices,
their ears went deaf. All the doors were closed. How come they have
become so sensitive to a problem inside Turkey?"
June/08/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-york-times-responds-to-turkish-pms-criticism-over-gezi-park-ad.aspx?pageID=238&nID=48451&NewsCatID=338