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In Turkey TELE 1 Went off air For 3 days by the Broadcasting Regulator (RTÜK)

Translated in english from The turkish Birgun Website:

The Radio and Television Supreme Council, which evaluated the live broadcast criticism of religion by Sera Kadıgil, Deputy of the Workers' Party of Turkey as a crime, blacked out TELE 1 screens for three days.

TELE 1 live broadcast has been suspended for three days as of tonight.

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) blacked out the TELE 1 screens for three days, citing the criticism of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TIP) Deputy Sera Kadıgil about the Diyanet and the imam-hatips, that "Diyanet is a political Islamist tool in its current form".

The documentary sent by RTÜK will be broadcast on TELE 1 screens for three days. The license of the channel will be revoked as a result of the same penalty being imposed on TELE 1 two more times.

TELE1 applied to the judiciary for the annulment of RTÜK's unjust and unlawful sentence and for the stay of execution. Ankara 2nd Administrative Court unanimously decided to stay the execution.

RTÜK objected to the court's stay of execution decision. The decision went to the Ankara Regional Administrative Court. This court decided to cancel the stay of execution.

According to the information conveyed by the channel, the 3-day "screen blackout" penalty given to TELE1 by RTÜK will be applied until February 25.

www.birgun.net