MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
RTÜK fines TELE 1 – (for broadcasting statements about Gezi Trial)
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Tele 1
CITY
İstanbul
LAST UPDATED
11/05/2022
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. 8/1

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has issued fines on TV outlets Halk TV, KRT, TELE 1, and Flash Haber because of broadcasting comments about the verdict in the Gezi Park case by two opposition figures, MP Özgür Özel, the deputy parliamentary group chair of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), and Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) deputy Ahmet Şık. The TV outlets Halk TV, KRT, TELE 1, and Flash Haber have been fined 3 percent of their advertising revenue. (May 11)