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Turkey's media board fines TV chains for Imamoglu coverage

Three channels were given harsh penalties for criticizing the Istanbul mayor's prison sentence and politics ban and for questioning Erdogan’s economic policies. 
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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.

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