by TurkeyPurge | Feb 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) head İlhan Yerlikaya has sent a letter to his Albanian counterpart to restrict a documentary titled “Love is a Verb,” saying that the film was broadcasted to make propaganda on behalf of the Gülen movement, which the...
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by TurkeyPurge | Feb 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Supreme Council of Radio and Television (RTÜK) restricted broadcasting of ‘breaking news’ in Turkish televisions during the state of emergency rule. According to Birgün daily, officials from RTÜK told TV executives in a meeting on Wednesday that broadcasting...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) will be able cancel licenses of Turkish media outlets as part of new decrees issued on Friday night if the media outlets found disobeying gag orders. According to the new decrees numbered 679, 680 and 681, RTÜK is...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 1, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-one people working for the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), the Turkish state agency for monitoring, regulating and sanctioning radio and television broadcasts, have been detained over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The RTÜK...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s media watchdog, RTÜK shut down Uşak-based ART TV, ART Radio and Uşak Klas Radyo as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement. Government accuses the movement of masterminding the coup attempt despite the latter’s denying involvement. The three media...
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