MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on Kafa Radyo by RTÜK
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Kafa Radyo
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
06/10/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Radio
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 a 3-percent administrative fine on Kafa Radyo radio station due to the remarks of Nihat Sırdar, who criticized İsmail Kahraman during the broadcast for having said, “We didn’t fire a single bullet during İstanbul’s liberation” (October 6).