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On 6 May 2005, the Turkish broadcasting regulator (RTÜK) announced that it planned to remove four channels showing erotic content from the list of channels transmitted by the satellite company Digitürk. The channels concerned - Adult Channel, Exotica TV, Playboy TV and Rouge TV - are all broadcast from abroad and have about 12,000 subscribers in Turkey. They will no longer be available in Turkey because the regulator claims they infringe "the moral values of the nation". Digitürk has already said it will appeal against the ban. The RTÜK also issued warnings to eight private broadcasters for showing...

In its report on Turkey's progress towards EU accession, the European Commission describes inter alia the legal situation in the audiovisual sphere. The yardstick for assessing the situation in Turkey is the EC's "Television Without Frontiers" Directive. As an example of progress made in this field, the report highlights a regulation adopted in January 2004 concerning radio and television broadcasts in languages and dialects traditionally used by Turkish citizens, as a result of which it is now possible to broadcast nationwide radio and TV programmes in languages other than Turkish. However, the...

On 18 October 1993 a Co-Production Agreement was signed between France and Turkey. It entered into force on 1 April 1996. The Agreement applies to full length films and to short films. Third country producers may join the co-production, if their country is linked to France or Turkey by a films co-production agreement. Financial contribution shall be at least 20%. For further information contact: - Centre national de la cinématographie - Direction financière et juridique - Service juridique http://www.cnc.fr/index_dyn.htm?h_infos_pratiques/r2/ssrub1/p1_d1_textes.htm - T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı - Telif...

In the case of Müslüm Gündüz v. Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights evaluated the necessity of a criminal conviction on the grounds of inciting the people to hatred and hostility. The applicant, in his capacity as the leader of an Islamic sect, during a TV-debate broadcast by HBB channel, demonstrated a profound dissatisfaction with contemporary democratic and secular institutions in Turkey by describing them as "impious". During the programme he also openly called for the introduction of the sharia. Because of these statements Müslüm Gündüz...

In three cases involving Turkey concerning freedom of expression, an agreement was reached between the applicant's widower, Mr. Zarakolu, and the Turkish Government. All three cases concern the seizures of several books because of separatist propaganda. The Court, in its judgments of 2 October 2003, took notice of the friendly settlements, referring to the declaration from the Turkish Government in which it is recognised that the (former) Court's rulings against Turkey in cases involving prosecutions under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act relating to freedom of expression,...