MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Fine on FOX TV by RTÜK (FOX Main News Bulletin)
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Fox TV
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 3-percent administrative fine on FOX TV on the grounds that anchor Selçuk Tepeli’s criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “impeded the free formation of opinions within the society” (January 24).