RTÜK fined Now TV 2 percent of revenue for “violating the right to privacy” (TCK 134) over showing the image of a mobile phone regarding messaging between former Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank and Bilal Erdoğan about the “lobster” post by AKP MP Şebnem Bursalı. RTÜK also punished the broadcasting of images of mobile phone conversations showing that the Deputy Minister of Justice had responded to requests for preferential treatment in the exam for promotions (3 May).