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Cameraman Nihat Fındıklı has announced that he was fired from the pro-government TV channel A Haber for saying he would not vote for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the May 14 elections.
Fındıklı, working for A Haber since September 2020, tweeted on April 3: “Hello everyone. I have been fired from A Haber for being an opponent. I have said that I would not support Erdoğan in the (presidential) elections and was fired in three days. My vote is for the honest man Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu. If I need to pay a price, I would. I would never go back on my decision.”
Hello everyone, I was kicked out of A news for being an opponent, I want my voice to be heard, I said that I would not support Erdoğan in the election, I was removed within three days. I am honest person @kilicdarogluk Mr. If I have to pay the price, I will never go back from my decision.
— Nihat Fındikli (@NihatFindiklii) April 3, 2023
The cameraman’s wife Zerrin Fındıklı commented on the tweet, saying the channel’s move was purely political and that her husband had “done his job deservedly during the time he worked.”
There are four politicians running in Turkey’s 2023 presidential elections: ruling People’s Alliance candidate Erdoğan, opposition Nation Alliance’s candidate Kemal Kılıçdaorğlu, Homeland Party leader Muharrem İnce and far-right ATA Alliance’s candidate Sinan Oğan.
