We sent the veteran journalist Ertuğrul Akbay to eternity as a result of his discomfort on March 7, 2019.
Ertuğrul Akbay, the father of Burak Akbay, the legendary “Shadow Man”, the owner of SÖZCÜ Newspaper, who is known as “24-hour journalist” in Bab-ı Ali, and his family, lovers and commemorated by his colleagues at his tomb in Istanbul Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
ALL THE SQUAD IS THERE
Commemoration in the cemetery, SÖZCÜ Newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Metin Yılmaz, SÖZCÜ Newspaper’s General Manager Asım Akgül, SÖZCÜ Newspaper’s Publication Directors Neşet Şenizel and Serdal Saraç, Editor-in-Chief Kenan Kurtkaya and Metin Köklüçınar, sozcu.com.tr Editor-in-Chief Mustafa Çetin, SÖZCÜ Group President Funda Tuncer Sıdalı, SÖZCÜ authors Rahmi Turan and Murat Muratoğlu, SÖZCÜ Newspaper lawyers İsmail Yılmaz, Fahri Emeksiz, Ceren Yakışır and SÖZCÜ Newspaper Adana Representative Mehmet Serbes attended.
Other employees of SÖZCÜ Newspaper were at the commemoration ceremony.
Also at the ceremony, Umut Oran and Aydın Ayaydın, one of the former deputies of CHP Istanbul, ex-Mayor of Şişli Mustafa Sarıgül, former mayor of Bahçeşehir Kemal Aydın, Prof. Dr. There were also Osman Erk and journalist Mehmet Şehirli.
Ertuğrul Akbay, who is remembered with longing and love, has complemented his 80 years of professional life with his legendary interviews and his book titled “Half of the Road 75 Years” and set an example for young journalists with more than half a century of professional experience.
