Medical doctor Abuzer Meral, employee of a private hospital in the Turkish city of Yalova, objected his secondary school student son's subjection to perform prayer education at classroom within the scope of obligatory religion lesson

Abuzer Meral, employee of a private hospital in the Turkish city of Yalova, objected his secondary school student son’s subjection to perform prayer at classroom within the scope of obligatory religion lesson. Some teachers from the school reported doctor Meral to radical Islamist and pro-AKP daily newspaper Akit under the pretext that he is against obligatory religion lesson and that he shares his views on his social media accounts.

DAILY AKIT PUBLICLY TARGETS!

Upon the school’s information on Abuzer Meral’s objection to obligatory religion lesson regarding his son, daily Akit reported news targeting the doctor with the headline, “What kind of a doctor he is!” Relying on the news, the private hospital sacked Abuzer Meral.

ABUZER MERAL: “I AM TROUBLED WITH POLITICAL ISLAM

Meral Abuzer posted an explanation regarding the issue on his social media account:

“Flunkey ‘Yeni Akit’ has targeted me, which is why I objected my secondary school student son’s subjection to salah education and brainwashing of the children. The school threatened me. They asked me to delete my post, otherwise there would be bad things. I am not frightened off the threats. They ordered the flunkey Akit to make lynching news about me. Some people from Ankara (from government) ordered my workplace hospital to fire me. I have had hundreds of insulting and threatening messages on my social media accounts so far. My posts do not constitute any crime element. They are publicly shared things, and political comments. I have never been and will never be troubled with truehearted Muslims. I have been living in Yalova for 18 years, everybody knows me here. I am only troubled with political Islam, as a person striving for a democratic, libertarian, pluralist, secular, and constitutional State that is respectful for beliefs. From now on; the school administration, the religion lesson teacher, the flunkey Yeni Akit and those who target me on social media will be responsible for any act of violence or any unjust treatment against my family and me.”

THE DOCTOR GETS FIRED

After this Facebook post, Abuzer Meral was fired by the private hospital where he was working. Meral announced from his Facebook account that he was fired:

“As of tonight, I have been fired from the hospital I was working. I certainly do not blame them. High-level authorities called them. Eventually, that is a commercial institution. Hundreds of people are living on it. An empire of fear has subjugated everyone. Those who ordered me to be fired from job, and those who threatened me will be called to account. I will apply to all legal actions.”