MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on Kafa Radyo by RTÜK (Nihat’la Muhabbet)
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Kafa Radyo
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
23/03/2022
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 LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
The Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and Their Media Services
Art. 8/1

On the grounds of the violation of the Article 8/1(ı) of the Law no 6112, which stipulates that “media services […] shall be predicated on the principles of impartiality, truthfulness and accuracy and shall not impede the free formation of opinions within the society,” the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed an administrative fine of 8,704 TRY on Kafa Radyo channel over the “Nihat’la Muhabbet” (Talk with Nihat) program (March 23).