MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on Show TV by RTÜK
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Show TV
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
17/02/2020
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) issued an administrative fine of 355.358 Turkish Liras against Show TV on the grounds of violation of the principle not to encourage “the use of addictive substances such as alcohol, tobacco products, and narcotics or  the gambling” in the series named Çukur (17 February).