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IRIS 2018-3:1/31 [TR] Conflicting judgments on journalistic freedom

On 11 January 2018, the Constitutional Court of Turkey ruled upon constitutional complaints that the detention on remand of two journalists, MA and ŞA, for more than 16 months without convincing evidence was a violation of their right to freedom of press/expression and their right to liberty and security. The court rejected the rest of the complaints that they had also been the victims of a violation of their fair trial rights and of ill-treatment. Constitutional complaint procedure was introduced in Turkey with an amendment in the constitution in 2010. By empowering the Constitutional Court to...

IRIS 2018-2:1/31 [TR] Turkish Constitutional Court made a precedent decision on a Bizim FM Radio station case

Radio stations and television broadcasting history date back to the 1920s in Turkey. For approximately 40 years, Turkish channels were only allowed to broadcast under state supervision. During the 1990s, private channels also started broadcasting in Turkey, and their legal status was clarified in the Constitution in 1993. Upon the amendment, the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council was due to provide channel and broadcasting licences to private and state channels. Around a thousand applications were received and the eligible applicants were licensed by the Supreme Council. Due to changes...

IRIS 2017-10:1/33 [TR] Turkish broadcasting authority suspends Iraqi Kurdish TV channels

Turkey’s private broadcasting regulator (RTÜK) has ordered the removal of three Iraqi Kurdish TV channels from the Turkish satellite system. It said that the three channels Rudaw, Kurdistan 24 and Waar TV should no longer be available in Turkey. Rudaw was particularly of note because of its perceived close relationship with Massud Barzani. Barzani, a Kurdish politician and president of the autonomous northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan since 13 June 2005, had helped to organise an independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan. Despite being banned by the supreme court of northern Iraq, the referendum...

IRIS 2017-9:1/30 [TR] Annual Report on Turkish Citizens’ Opinions Related to the Media Services

In March 2017, the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council released the Annual Report on Turkish Citizens’ Opinions related to Media Services. The Report puts together all feedback or complaints received in 2016 by the Council’s Public Relations services: the call center, the mobile application and the Council’s official website. There were approximately 200 000 elements of feedback related to the TV programmes. This feedback was mostly given by men (59% of all feedback). Between the ages of 21 and 50, several types of feedback were received from different age groups. The feedback was categorized...

IRIS 2017-9:1/29 [TR] Turkish Government Decree amended the Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and their Media Services

Turkey has been in a state of emergency since the attempted military coup that occurred in July 2016. Many Government decrees have been adopted following the event. The Cabinet announced a new Decree consisting of seven chapters and 76 articles. The sixth chapter of the Decree has brought several changes to the Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and their Media Services, which were indicated in five articles. One of the most significant changes is related to the jurisprudence of the Republic of Turkey over the channels that are not located in Turkey, but are broadcast...