Country Xanthi, Greece
Year 2022
Affected group/minority Turkish community in Western Thrace
Perpetrator Unknown person
Type of case Hate speech
Type of act Verbal attack
Media: Traditional media (printed, radio, TV)
Reactions: The members and representatives of civil society organisations of the Turkish
community in Western Thrace widely condemned the hate speech towards
Zeybek whilst the authorities remained mute.
Brief description:
SYRIZA Deputy Hüseyin Zeybek was threatened with death by a viewer who was connected by phone to the ‘‘Anihti Grami (Open Line)’’ programme in a live broadcast on the local Next TV from Xanthi. The person accused Zeybek of being a ‘‘spy of the Turks’’ and said that he would ‘‘kill him if war broke out between Türkiye and Greece’’.
In a statement on his social media account, Deputy Hüseyin Zeybek condemned the person who threatened him and Panos Papadopoulos, the journalist who presented the programme. Zeybek stated that the presenter continued the conversation with the citizen instead of condemning his statements that receiving threats against his life on live television exceeded all boundaries and that the primary role of the media was to defend democracy, not hatred.
More information on the case can be obtained through the links:
https://avim.org.tr/en/Bulten/DEATH-THREAT-TO-XANTHI-TURKISH-DEPUTY-ON-LIVE-BROADCAST
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