MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on Halk TV by RTÜK
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Halk TV
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
06/10/2022
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 Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed two 3-percent administrative fines on Halk TV due to the broadcasts where crime group leader Sedat Peker’s remarks about Serhat Albayrak, the Deputy Chair of Turkuvaz Media Group, and AKP Erzurum MP Zehra Taşkesenlioğlu, who hit the headlines with allegations of bribery, were debated (October 6).