MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
RTÜK imposes an administrative fine on Halk TV (Şimdiki Zaman Siyaset)
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Halk TV
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
14/10/2020
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 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).