Thanks to Western observers claiming that the Turkish government is rapidly losing its legitimacy, the country is now going through an explicit separation in thought and philosophy. Some intellectuals and those within the secular strata's state of mind agree with the arguments of the West. However, the intellectuals from the Islamic or conservative wing and the majority of the public are rapidly shifting to the opposite point of view. According to them, Western observers are losing their legitimacy because they do not look at Turkey fairly and with good intentions; they want to see their prejudices come true. There are two criteria when we ask which of these views is closer to reality: Which of them can handle conditions in its entirety? And which one can distinguish between the norms and reality?When the situation is looked at from this perspective, you can say that the ordinary people of Turkey have a lot more common sense. It is evident that there has been a deprivation of rights caused by the Gülen Movement, which has exerted a huge amount of effort to achieve this goal. We are talking about 38 people who were imprisoned for 17 months, based on false evidence and black propaganda. Using these tactics, the Gülen Movement has increased its monetary resources in and around the eastern province of Muş and has intimidated the other religious communities. Because it is an intentional and planned offense, it is not surprising that people were found guilty. The court decides who are the offenders and who are not; but it is ridiculous to claim that some of them are innocent simply because they are journalists.The reaction from the West has not passed this test of ridiculousness yet. Defending freedom of the press is a good principle. But when you attempt to defend the principle by ignoring the facts, you come to embrace the facts, warts and all. This conspiracy by the Gülen Movement was implemented through media support. The media both portrayed the innocent parties as offenders and turned this representation into a notice through the pro-Gülen prosecutors. As a result, some journalists had a role in that. In brief, some journalists did not act as journalists in this instance. They abused their journalistic privileges. They intentionally manipulated the facts for the benefit of a few people, and messed up people's professions and lives for their own sake.If the high principles of the West still require maintaining this "press freedom" discourse, there is nothing more to say. Thanks to many previous instances, we already know what kind of systems and regimes are created by solely relying on principles and ignoring the facts. Turkey has a past in which the principles created the reality. For this reason, our sense of justice has been damaged over the last few decades. This is a country where the jurisdiction distorts the facts with ideological references and manipulates the laws to serve politics.Therefore the Turkish public now do not find any ethical value in the people and institutions that cannot see all aspects of the reality and choose not to look at the entire picture. The voices reflected from the West unfortunately remain behind this ethical threshold. However, demanding that the government act "righteously" is not hard at all. It is a good approach to want respect toward the press and avoid harming the freedom of press. But while doing this, you should keep in mind what has happened in real life; do not be prepossessed by your prejudices, and try to be fair while evaluating.Nobody argues that the Justice and Development Party is perfect in terms of press freedom. It is obvious that the Turkish jurisdiction is not respectful toward press freedom. But regarding the latest incidents, this perspective on its own is not ethical.