The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed an administrative fine on Halk TV channel on the grounds that a guest used a slang word in addressing Devlet Bahçeli, the Chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), during the “Şimdiki Zaman Siyaset” (Present Time Politics) program. In imposing the fine, the Council has referred to a violation of the clause (ç) of the Article 8/1 of the Law no. 6112 stipulating that “…a broadcast shall not be against the principle of respect for human dignity and privacy and it shall not have remarks humiliating, degrading or slandering persons or institutions beyond the boundaries of criticism” (October 14).