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He told the UK's Sunday Times newspaper: "I am disappointed in the way the process has concluded and will not be applying again. I will be seeking an explanation from the Home Office." Matthew Rycroft, the senior-most civil servant at the Home Office, reportedly informed him that he and another officer who had been short-listed for the job that they would not be selected. He is not known to have spelled out a reason for the decision.

The channel's executive editor Suleyman Sarilar, who was joined in on the news set by dozens of staffers during his farewell speech, said the network's joint-owner Cavit Caglar, a former state minister, was "under great pressure by the government" as the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan-led regime was disturbed by the pro-Kurdish coverage.