MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Administrative fine to TELE 1 by RTÜK
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Tele 1
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
16/09/2020
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. 32/2

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed an administrative fine to TELE1 TV due to the comments of Mine Kırıkkanat on the show called “Forum Hafta Sonu” on the grounds of violation of the law, indicating “the media services shall not include or promote broadcasts which make discrimination on the basis of race, colour, language, religion, nationality, sex, disablement, political and philosophical opinion, sect and any such considerations and degrade individual” (16 September).