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TV channels critical of Turkish gov’t receive 5-day ban, near permanent suspension

July 2, 2020

Two television channels in Turkey have been hit with five-day bans and the threat of permanent suspension, in a move slammed by press freedom...

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29 TV stations closed by RTÜK for ‘illegal broadcasting’

August 27, 2016

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has shut down 29 television stations for illegal broadcasting and also decided to impose sanctions on two...

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AK Party set to shut down eight more critical TV channels, CHP deputy claims

April 27, 2016

A deputy from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Barış Yarkadaş, has claimed that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government will...