MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Legal action against RTÜK’s blackout of Halk TV and Tele 1
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Halk TV
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
09/06/2021
IMPUNITY CATEGORY
Objection to Censorship
MEDIA
National Media

İlhan Taşçı and Okan Konuralp, the members of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), appealed to the Administrative Court against the RTÜK’s five-day blackout of Halk TV due to the program “Medya Mahallesi” (Media Neighborhood) and five-day blackout of Tele 1 due to the remarks of theologian Cemil Kılıç about the Presidency of Religious Affairs (June 9).