Turkey’s media watchdog slapped two television channels with fines and broadcast bans following their coverage of a prison sentence and political ban on Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
The Radio and Television Supreme Council, or RTUK, fined Tele1 after its two leading commentators, editor-in-chief Merdan Yanardag and Prof. Emre Kongar, depicted the verdict against Imamoglu as “a coup against the will of the people” who elected the mayor in 2019.