Five TV broadcasters in Turkey have to pay fines for expressing themselves disparagingly about Erdogan’s policy. The Turkish government has come under massive criticism for its policies. She is now shamelessly exploiting her majority in the broadcasting authority.
Because five TV stations reported critical of the fires in Turkey, the country’s broadcasting authority (Rtük) has now imposed fines on the institutions. The posts had spread fear and panic and were offensive to the government, so the authority’s reasoning. The state news agency Anadolu reported on the case on Wednesday.
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The penalties are directed against Fox TV, KRT, Tele 1, Halk Tv and Haber Türk. Among other things, the broadcasters had made derogatory comments about the reaction of the Erdogan government to the fire. The decision was made because the Islamic-conservative ruling party AKP and its ultra-nationalist partner MHP have a majority in the body. A few weeks ago, the authority expressly warned the media to pay attention to their reporting on the fires.
Erdogan punishes Turkey broadcaster for criticizing his government
In Turkey, the fires have been causing huge damage for two weeks, especially on the Mediterranean coast. Among other things, the opposition criticized the government’s crisis management from the start – for example, that initially no operational fire-fighting aircraft were available. The government rejected the criticism – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called it “terror of lies”.
This is not the first time that President Erdogan has cracked down on critics of his branding policy. Last week he threatened supporters of the #HelpTurkey aid campaign with criminal prosecution. Read the report here.
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