MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on Bloomberg TV by RTÜK (Spor Saati)
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Bloomberg TV
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
28/07/2021
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) has imposed an administrative on Bloomberg HT channel of Ciner Media Group on the upper limit on the grounds that the remarks uttered by Fatih Altaylı and Emin Çağlar during the “Spor Saati” (Sports Hour) program aired on the channel were humiliating and defaming, going beyond criticizing institutions and people (July 28).