MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Fine on Kafa Radyo by the RTÜK
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Kafa Radyo
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
24/11/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Radio
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) has imposed an administrative fine on Kafa Radyo channel, which broadcast Nihat Sırdar’s “Nihat’la Sivrisinek” program, on the grounds that the comments on the money collected by the government during the pandemic violated the principle of impartiality/rightness (November 24).