The Fener-Balat-Ayvansaray Renewal Area Preliminary Project was approved in Fatih Municipality Assembly in December 2009. Following this decision, the local community gathering under the roof of the Association of Preserving Fener Balat Cultural Heritage (FEBAYDER) challenged the decision and the legal process started.
This is against the essence of journalism. At Milliyet, there was no direct pressure on me to take sides. But as I was the politics editor, there was a lot of pressure. The number of questions like “why did you use this at this size” or “why did you use that heading” increased. Even putting the opposition party in a headline in 15 centimeters was a problem. This makes one question journalism after a while.