Prominent chief editor Ahmet Altan of Turkey’s renowned Taraf daily handed in his resignation to newspaper owner Basar Arslan. 

Along with Altan, deputy editor Yasemin Congar and eighty percent of Taraf’s editorial staff decided to quit the daily, and this news received a huge reaction in social media, Milliyet daily of Turkey informs. 

To note, Taraf’s Chief Editor Ahmet Altan and the newspaper’s numerous other journalists have always written about the Armenian Genocide. Also, the coordinator at Taraf is Armenian journalist Markar Esayan, but it is yet unclear as to the decision he has made in this respect.