MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
3 fines on Halk TV by RTÜK
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Halk TV
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
14/09/2022
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

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a fine of program suspension for 5 times and a monetary fine by 5 percent on Halk TV on the grounds of “broadcast that would serve the purposes of terrorism” due to the “Sözüm Var” (I Have a Word) program where it was criticized that a father was given the bones of his deceased son in a bag. The RTÜK also imposed a fine of 3 percent on the channel on the grounds that Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu was “humiliated” on Ayşenur Arslan’s “Medya Mahallesi” (Media Neighborhood) program where Arslan and economist Mustafa Sönmez criticized his approach to fight against crime. Also, the RTÜK imposed a 3-percent fine on Halk TV because of CHP MP Ali Mahir Başarır’s criticism of “narco-state” on “Sözüm Var” program where he was a guest (September 14).