MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on Tele 1 TV (Demokrasi Arenası)
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Tele1TV
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
24/01/2022
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 LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
The Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and Their Media Services
Art. 32/1

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a 5-percent administrative fine and 5-time program suspension on TELE1 TV on the grounds that journalist Sedef Kabaş’s remarks during the “Demokrasi Arenası” (Democracy Arena) program allegedly “provoked the public to hatred and hostility” (January 24).