MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Fire watch: Administrative fine on KRT TV by RTÜK (Şimdiki Zaman)
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
KRT
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
11/08/2021
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 fine on KRT TV on the grounds that the guests of the “Şimdiki Zaman” (Present Time) program, in their remarks about the firefighting efforts, targeted Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli and the government in such a way that the related remarks included insults and went beyond the limits of criticism (August 11).