MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on TELE 1 TV by RTÜK (Zamanın Ruhu)
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Tele 1
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
10/02/2021
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
Art. 32/2

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed an administrative fine of 25,881 Turkish Lira (TRY) on TELE 1 TV channel over its program “Zamanın Ruhu” (Spirit of the Time), which was broadcast on December 13, 2020 and where journalist-writer Mine Kırıkkanat was a guest, on the grounds of the violation of the Article 8/1-m of the Law no. 6112, which says, “…shall ensure that the Turkish language is used in a proper, correct and intelligible way without undermining its characteristics and rules; shall not display coarse, slang and poor quality use of the language” (February 10).