MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine to FOX TV by RTÜK
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Fox TV
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
16/09/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
The Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTUK)
Administrative fine
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
The Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and Their Media Services
Art. 32/2

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed an administrative fine to FOX TV due to the comments of Selçuk Tepeli in the main news bulletin concerning the highway and bridge fees, on the grounds of violation of proper use of Turkish language (16 September).