MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine on Tele1 TV
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Tele1
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
30/09/2020
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. 8/1

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed an administrative fine on Tele1 TV on the grounds that the program “Karanlıktan Aydınlığa” (From Darkness to Light) hosted by theologist Cemil Kılıç and education specialist Yaşar Koçer violated the Article 8 of the Law no. 6112 stipulating that “a broadcast shall not be against the principle of respect for human dignity and privacy and it shall not have remarks humiliating, degrading or slandering persons or institutions beyond the boundaries of criticism” (September 30).