Turkish prosecutors appoint government trustee to run pro-opposition Halk TV
The broadcaster’s live signal was cut as police searched the building and prosecutors opened a corruption probe involving 17 suspects, officials said.
- On Wednesday, police raided the Istanbul offices of pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV, and a government trustee was appointed to run the channel as the live broadcast was cut off.
- Rights groups and Western countries have criticized President Tayyip Erdogan's government for deteriorating human rights and establishing tighter control over mainstream media through access bans, throttling, and fines on opposition outlets.
- Editor-in-Chief Suat Toktas tried to challenge the trustee delegation's head to continue broadcasting, but hundreds of police denied entry while conducting a search inside the building.
- Ozgur Ozel, chairman of the main opposition New Party, condemned the move on X, calling it a "dawn raid" and stating "only dictators would do such a thing."
- Authorities provided no immediate comment regarding the raid's justification, while Ozel further condemned the appointment as an act of "dictators" and "cowards.
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Turkish police came down on Wednesday morning at a pro-opposition television station, Halk TV, interrupting his live broadcasts, reports Reuters and BBC. Halk TV announced that his employees could not enter the Istanbul building on Wednesday morning and that he was appointed a new manager for the post. "It was ...
In the course of a raid on the channel Halk TV the broadcast is stopped and the channel is placed under forced administration. Turkish trade unions and the opposition condemn the process.
The Toronto Star
Turkish authorities raid TV channel as press freedom groups warn of a crackdown
ISTANBUL (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday raided the headquarters of one of Turkey ’s few broadcasters not aligned with the government, and appointed a trustee manager to oversee it as part of an investigation into alleged corruption.
The Turkish police took control of the headquarters of Halk TV, the main television channel of the opposition, and interrupted the live broadcast, to a new extent aimed at the independent press. The action takes place two weeks after the blocking of the news site T24, one of the most important in Turkey, for the supposed "LGBT perspective".
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welingelichtekringen.nlISTANBUL (ANP/AFP) - Turkish police have raided the headquarters of the opposition-aligned channel Halk TV. Live broadcasts have been suspended. The channel reported this on X on Wednesday morning. Arrest warrants have been issued against seventeen people, eleven of whom have been detained. They are...
A police operation was carried out today at the headquarters of Halk TV in Istanbul, where authorities have taken control of the Turkish opposition media outlet and have interrupted the live broadcast of the program. "The police are inside the Halk TV building. A commissioner has been appointed to take over the administration of the television. Live broadcasts have been interrupted," the television announced in a statement published on the X pla…
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