Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) member İlhan Taşcı announced that RTÜK imposed a 3 percent administrative fine and three-time program suspension on Tele 1 and Flash Haber. RTÜK held its regular weekly meeting and issued a fine over a remark by Merdan Yanardağ, who had said, “They destroyed the social state and secular education system. They established a corruption regime through foundations. Twenty-three years was a period of looting and profiteering. They created a conservative Islamist oligarchy.” Tele 1 was penalized for “humiliation” over Yanardağ’s statement. The Council fined Flash Haber for “contradicting national and spiritual values” over the answers given by theologian Cemil Kılıç to viewers’ questions about Islam in the program “Enlightenment with Cemil Kılıç.” RTÜK also sanctioned Kafa Radyo, Yıldız En and Ekin Türk for not complying with commercial communication and advertising time rules (August 28th).