On January 1, 2017, while at his residence in North Cyprus, Şansal shared a video on social media in which he criticised Turkish society: "While scores of journalists are in prison, while children are sexually harassed, raped, while corruption and bribes are everywhere, while extremists are distributing shit to you in the streets, are you still celebrating the New Year?
Am 1. Januar 2017 veröffentlichte Şansal von seinem Anwesen in Zypern aus ein Video in den sozialen Medien, wo er aufs Schärfste den Zustand der jetzigen türkischen Zivilgesellschaft kritisierte: “While scores of journalists are in prison, while children are sexually harassed, raped, while corruption and bribes are everywhere, while extremists are distributing shit to you in the streets, are you still celebrating the New Year?