“I sincerely congratulate all our media members who make principled and objective news, who are free from lies, slander, and disinformation in all circumstances, on the Journalists and Press Day of July 24, and wish them success in all their useful work,” Aslan said.

After Abdul Hamid II declared the 2nd Constitutional Monarchy in the late Ottoman period, newspapers started to be published without any censorship for the first time on July 24, 1908. Accordingly, July 24 is observed as "Journalists and Press Day" in Turkey. (ILKHA)