Turkey: Support for Falun Gong Practitioners from the Turkish Media

On July 20th, in order to raise awareness of the crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who have been brutally persecuting Falun Gong for nine years, some Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey went to Muğla in the western region. They visited several major media outlets, telling them about how the CCP persecutes Falun Gong and called on these media to expose the CCP's atrocities and help end the persecution, which has already lasted for nine years.

Practitioners first visited Datca Express, which is the most influential newspaper in Datca city, and told several editors about the atrocities committed by the CCP such as removing organs from live Falun Gong practitioners and then gave them some more detailed information.

The editors all were so shocked and indignant at the inhuman persecution launched by the CCP that they expressed that they would certainly publish this fact in their newspaper to let more people know about the crimes committed by the CCP.

After they left the Datca Press, the practitioners went to Hamle Medya Grubu the biggest integrated media institution in Muğla and were well received.

When understanding what Falun Gong is and why Falun Gong is being persecuted in China, the staff responsible for the programme production immediately invited the practitioners to together create a special television programme with Falun Gong as a theme. The staff said that the audience in Muğla will surely love Falun Gong.

During an hour-long programme, the practitioners exposed in detail the fact that the CCP cruelly persecutes Falun Gong, at the same time, introduced the goodness of Falun Gong and the benefits Falun Gong has brought to mind and body of people and their personal experience in cultivation. At the end of the programme, the practitioners demonstrated five sets of beautiful and peaceful Falun Gong exercises.

A hostess expressed that she was deeply moved after hearing the introduction of Falun Gong.
She told the practitioners that she herself would not only learn Falun Gong but also introduce Falun Gong to people around her.

After the recording the programme, the practitioners went to the editorial department of “Hamle” newspaper belonging to the group telling the editors and staff there about how Falun Gong is widely spread in more than 80 countries and areas, and the fact that the CCP has been persecuting Falun Gong for nine years, and then gave them detailed information.

The editor of the department expressed that what the practitioners were doing now was very important, he was planning to produce a piece of news of how the CCP persecutes Falun Gong. He added that he hoped the practitioners could set up a practice site in their city. Finally, together with other staff, the editor sincerely wished what Falun Gong practitioners in the world were doing would become a success.
A person working for the media in Muğla, who has offered great help to practitioners, also expressed that he would take more materials with him and distribute them to all media in this city.