TGRT Haver: “I was fired for violating the ban on advertising.”
Türkiye The Starbucks ‘boycott’ movement has spread in recent weeks.
Starbucks: “Incorrect information posted on social media”
Turkye news channel TGRT Haver fired a news anchor who placed a cup with the Starbucks trademark visible.
On the 24th (local time), TGRT Haver announced through the social media platform
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He also said, “We sympathize with the people’s sensibilities regarding the Gaza Strip and will defend it until the end.”
In relation to this, according to a report by the New York Post on the 26th, in recent weeks, Palestinian supporters have launched a nationwide boycott of Starbucks, claiming that “Starbucks is biased against Israel.”
This is because on October 9, Starbucks sued the union for ‘trademark infringement’ for posting support for Palestine on social media. Starbucks was classified as a ‘pro-Israel’ company and placed on the boycott list.
Starbucks did not explicitly mention its position on the Israel-Hamas war on its official blog. However, Starbucks has recently been embroiled in several controversies, reportedly resulting in boycotts and vandalism at 16,000 stores in the United States.
Regarding this situation, Starbucks CEO Laxman Narashman said, “Wrong information that differs from the values that Starbucks pursues has been spread on social media. We are cooperating with local authorities to ensure the safety of our customers. “There is,” he said.
Since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took office in 2014, Türkiye has taken a hostile stance toward Israel. President Erdogan also called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the “butcher of Gaza.”
The media then reported that President Erdogan criticized Israel as a “terrorist state” following the incident in which more than 20,000 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Donga
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