Tag Archives: Media Cencorship

Firat News: Repression against Gezi protests increasing

The Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) ruled the closure of Turkish channel Ulusal on Thursday on the grounds of  “lack of license” and “authorization”. In a statement responding to the closure ban, the channel’s General Coordinator of Broadcast, Mustafa Kara, denied the allegations, underlining that Hayat Tv run a satellite broadcast from theTurksat Satellite on the basis of [...] → Read the full article…

Hürriyet Daily News: Anonymous hacks TV watchdog for fining live streaming of Gezi protests

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The global hacking collective Anonymous has hacked the website of the Turkish TV watchdog, after it fined today the broadcasters that showed live streaming of the Gezi Park protests. Anonymous announced the operation targeting the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), dubbed “Tango Down RTÜK,” via the Twitter account of the collective’s Turkish members. “You have fined the media organizations [...] → Read the full article…