MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on TELE 1 by RTÜK (Ankara Rüzgarı)
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Tele 1
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
28/04/2021
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 judicial fine on TELE 1 TV one the grounds that during the “Ankara Rüzgarı” (Ankara Wind) program, politician Rifat Serdaroğlu’s remarks about the Justice and Development Party (AKP) were uttered in a manner of speaking about a terrorist organization, thereby undermining the party’s prestige in the eyes of the public. The RTÜK indicated that the related remarks could not be considered within freedom of expression (April 28).