Top Turkish daily fires commentator over anti-Erdogan tweet

[WorldNews]

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A leading Turkish daily has fired one of its most senior commentators after he sent a tweet bitterly critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policy on Islamic State (IS) jihadists, reports said Thursday. The Milliyet daily said that commentator Kadri Gursel's employment had been terminated as the tweet was not in line with its editorial policies. From his Twitter account @KadriGursel, the journalist accused Erdogan of being the main factor behind the rise of IS and said it was shameful that world leaders were addressing to him condolences for a suicide bombing in the town of Suruc blamed on the jihadists.

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