CHP’s Tanrıkulu Asks PM About Soldiers Claimed to be Burned to Dead by ISIS

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In his parliamentary inquiry issued to parliament on demand that Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım respond, Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Tanrıkulu has asked of Turkey’s soldiers who were claimed to be burned to dead by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Underlining Vice PM Numan Kuartulmuş’s response “some fellows in media shall mind their steps” to a question about the incident, Tanrıkulu posed the following questions to Yıldırım:

* Is there going to be made any official statement as to the allegations that ISIS burned two soldiers to dead?

* What sort of stance will be maintained with respect to opposition leaders’ demands that public be informed about the allegations that ISIS burned two soldiers to dead?

* What is thought about Reuters News Agency publishing a news that the footage of the allegation that ISIS burned two soldiers to dead is confirmed to be real with regards to the disputes on whether the footage is fabricated? In this matter, “some fellows in media shall mind their steps” is blatant threat. Does this expression constitute a constitutional crime?

* Isn’t it state’s responsibility to ensure life safety of its citizens?

* What sort of attitude will be maintained by AKP (Justice and Development Party) Government against the press workers who “won’t mind their steps”?

* What do freedom of the press and freedom of expression mean to the AKP? (EKN/TK)