Radio and Television Supreme Council

With over 200 films screened over 16 days, including both rare cinema gems across the globe for cinephiles and popular award winners in major international festivals, the Istanbul Film Festival boasts of being the biggest cinema extravaganza in Turkey.

Turkey’s media watchdog has fined a TV show 410,000 Turkish Liras for "immorality," after it showed husbands dancing with other women while their wives looked on.

A popular Turkish TV anchorman’s on-air advice to viewers to read a particular newspaper for its coverage commemorating a hanged revolutionary leader has been criticized by the country’s broadcasting authority, which said the remarks amounted to a “hidden advertisement.”

Turkey’s media watchdog has once again raised eyebrows by going into the salacious details of a kiss scene in a TV drama, which it described as “lip-o-suction.”

The Supreme Election Board (YSK) has punished Turkey’s public broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), for its one-sided broadcasts during the presidential election campaign.

A Family and Social Policy Ministry official has complained to Turkey’s media watchdog about a TV show that hosted a man who was previously found guilty of killing his two wives.

The ministry said via its official Twitter account that it had filed a complaint about the show, which was broadcast on private station Show TV, to the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK).

The use of public funds for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s presidential bid was a constant matter of contention during the campaign, with the other two candidates as well as a wide segment of the society criticizing the controversy.

The High Elections Board (YSK) has banned the broadcast of a television ad by presidential hopeful Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s that was released on Aug. 4.

The YSK justified the ban on the grounds that “the footage of a woman who prays on a rug and the sound of the call to prayer in the ad were abusing religious values.”

The deputy head of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has dismissed the criticisms against public broadcaster TRT for overwhelmingly covering Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rallies compared to the other candidates, arguing such a thing could not be expected because he is the prime minister.

The Turkish state broadcaster’s one-sided coverage of presidential elections that ignores the opposition’s candidates while broadcasting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rallies and statements live and uninterruptedly has caused a stir among members of the media watchdog.