MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on Fox TV by RTÜK
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Fox TV
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
21/12/2022
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 3-percent administrative fine on Fox TV on the grounds of Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) İstanbul MP Sera Kadıgil’s remarks on İlker Karagöz ile Çalar Saat program, where she had referred to President Erdoğan’s remarks about the economy by saying, “He would be ashamed of uttering this sentence if he went to the bazaar even once” (December 21).