Presidential Palace-Supported Assault Against Cumhuriyet Foundation

Atalay has warned: “They want to seize the newspaper in with the support from the Palace”

 Akin Atalay, has previously made the following statement on his Twitter account when the correspondence between the Presidential General Secretary and the General Directorate for Foundations:

 “As a last resort, some people contacted the Palace in Bestepe, and told them that the Palace’s intervention is their last hope to recapture the power from Cumhuriyet’s current editorial board. Upon this request, President’s office contacted the General Directorate for Foundations in pursuit of this intervention. When the General Directorate for Foundations received that directions from the Palace, they immediately took action regardless of their previous auditing, and arranged a new report that utterly contradicts with their initial evaluation on the case. This new evaluation has no legal validity. What is really saddening is that some greedy individuals who present themselves as patriotic Kemalists and respected by the general public because of their former affiliation with the Cumhuriyet newspaper acted based on their personal interests instead of their conscience. What kind of mentality can explain this dirty alliance with the Palace to recapture the power in Cumhuriyet Newspaper’s editorial board? This idea of “Palace-approved Kemalist Cumhuriyet Newspaper” is absurd. We won’t let you to take hold of this newspaper with the sponsorship of the Palace. In order to do that you will need to get involved with further scandals and infamy.”