MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
RTÜK imposes program suspension and administrative fine on Habertürk
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Habertürk
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
02/12/2020
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)
Program suspension
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
The Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and Their Media Services

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed a five-time program suspension and an administrative fine at the upper limit on Habertürk TV channel on the grounds that main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Mersin MP Ali Mahir Başarır said in a program titled “Gerçek Fikri Ne” (What is his/her real opinion), “The army of the state has been sold to Qatar” (December 2).