{"id":284454,"date":"2026-03-30T09:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=284454"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:45:45","slug":"are-journalists-the-only-ones-in-handcuffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/are-journalists-the-only-ones-in-handcuffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Journalists the Only Ones Handcuffed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bir \u00fclkede gazeteciler, edit\u00f6rler, kameramanlar, sosyal medya emek\u00e7ileri tutuklan\u0131yorsa; orada tart\u0131\u015f\u0131lmas\u0131 gereken \u015fey \u201csu\u00e7\u201d de\u011fil, <strong>iktidar\u0131n hakikatle kurdu\u011fu ili\u015fkidir.<\/strong> \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc hakikatten korkan her iktidar, \u00f6nce onu yazanlar\u0131 hedef al\u0131r.<\/p>\n<p>Bug\u00fcn ileti\u015fim emek\u00e7ilerine y\u00f6nelen tutuklama dalgas\u0131, m\u00fcnferit bir \u201cyarg\u0131 faaliyeti\u201d gibi sunulsa da asl\u0131nda \u00e7ok daha derin bir sorunun par\u00e7as\u0131: <strong>Ger\u00e7e\u011fin denetim alt\u0131na al\u0131nmak istenmesi.<\/strong> \u0130ktidar, yaln\u0131zca sokaklar\u0131 de\u011fil; kelimeleri, g\u00f6r\u00fcnt\u00fcleri ve haf\u0131zay\u0131 da kontrol etmek istiyor. \u0130ktidarlar ge\u00e7mi\u015ftede bug\u00fcnde yolsuzluklar\u0131n, tarikat-ticaret-siyaset ili\u015fkisini i\u015fleyen haberle\u015ftiren gazetecilerden rahats\u0131z olmu\u015flard\u0131r. \u0130smail Ar\u0131 i\u015fte tamda bu y\u00fczden tutuklanm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>\n<p>Oysa gazetecilik bir su\u00e7 de\u011fil, kamusal bir g\u00f6revdir. Bu g\u00f6rev, yaln\u0131zca bilgi aktarmak de\u011fil; ayn\u0131 zamanda g\u00fcc\u00fc denetlemek, g\u00f6r\u00fcnmeyeni g\u00f6r\u00fcn\u00fcr k\u0131lmak ve toplum ad\u0131na soru sormakt\u0131r. Tam da bu y\u00fczden ileti\u015fim emek\u00e7ileri hedefte. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc onlar, iktidar\u0131n g\u00f6rmek istemedi\u011fi aynay\u0131 tutuyor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00dcstelik mesele yaln\u0131zca ifade \u00f6zg\u00fcrl\u00fc\u011f\u00fc de de\u011fil. Ayn\u0131 zamanda bir <strong>emek meselesi<\/strong> ile kar\u015f\u0131 kar\u015f\u0131yay\u0131z. Zaten g\u00fcvencesiz ko\u015fullarda, d\u00fc\u015f\u00fck \u00fccretlerle ve \u00e7o\u011fu zaman sendikas\u0131z \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan ileti\u015fim emek\u00e7ileri; \u015fimdi bir de yarg\u0131 bask\u0131s\u0131yla kar\u015f\u0131 kar\u015f\u0131ya b\u0131rak\u0131l\u0131yor. Bu durum, ekonomik<\/p>\n<p>\u0130fade \u00f6zg\u00fcrl\u00fc\u011f\u00fc yaln\u0131zca kabul g\u00f6ren d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnceler i\u00e7in de\u011fil, rahats\u0131z eden fikirler i\u00e7in de vard\u0131r. E\u011fer bir \u00fclkede yaln\u0131zca \u201cmakbul\u201d olan konu\u015fulabiliyorsa, orada \u00f6zg\u00fcrl\u00fckten s\u00f6z edilemez. ileti\u015fim emek\u00e7ileri gelecek kayg\u0131s\u0131 ile sans\u00fcr bask\u0131s\u0131yla haber yapmak zorunda b\u0131rak\u0131l\u0131yorsa buradan \u00e7\u0131kacak sonu\u00e7 daha fazla bir araya gelmek \u00f6rg\u00fctlenmenin yollar\u0131n\u0131 aramak siyasi iktidar\u0131n temsil etti\u011fi s\u0131n\u0131fa kar\u015f\u0131 s\u0131n\u0131f m\u00fccadelesini y\u00fckseltmektir.<\/p>\n<p>Bug\u00fcn ya\u015fanan tam olarak budur. Makbul olan\u0131n d\u0131\u015f\u0131na \u00e7\u0131kan her s\u00f6z, her haber, her g\u00f6r\u00fcnt\u00fc potansiyel bir \u201csu\u00e7\u201d haline getirilmektedir.<\/p>\n<p>Peki bunun toplumsal sonucu ne olur?<br \/>\nKorku yay\u0131lmayaa \u00e7al\u0131\u015f\u0131l\u0131r.<br \/>\nOtansans\u00fcr s\u0131radanla\u015f\u0131r.<br \/>\nGer\u00e7ek bulan\u0131kla\u015f\u0131r.<\/p>\n<p>Ve en tehlikelisi: Toplum, olup biteni \u00f6\u011frenme hakk\u0131n\u0131 yitirir.<\/p>\n<p>Bu y\u00fczden ileti\u015fim emek\u00e7ilerinin tutuklanmas\u0131, yaln\u0131zca bir meslek grubunun sorunu de\u011fildir. Bu, do\u011frudan do\u011fruya toplumun <strong>haber alma hakk\u0131na<\/strong> y\u00f6nelmi\u015f bir m\u00fcdahaledir. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc susturulan her gazeteci, asl\u0131nda susturulan bir toplum demektir.<\/p>\n<p>Sonu\u00e7 olarak mesele nettir:<br \/>\nE\u011fer gazeteciler \u00f6zg\u00fcr de\u011filse, hi\u00e7 kimse ger\u00e7ekten \u00f6zg\u00fcr de\u011fildir.<\/p>\n<p>Ve bu y\u00fczden bug\u00fcn verilmesi gereken m\u00fccadele, yaln\u0131zca birka\u00e7 ki\u015finin \u00f6zg\u00fcrl\u00fc\u011f\u00fc i\u00e7in de\u011fil; <strong>ger\u00e7e\u011fin kendisi i\u00e7in<\/strong> verilmek zorundad\u0131r. Gazeteciler halktan yana, ger\u00e7ekten yana taraft\u0131r.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every word, every news report, every image that goes beyond what is acceptable is turned into a potential \u201ccrime\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":284455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-284454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-yazarlar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284456,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284454\/revisions\/284456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}