Supreme Board of Radio and Television

The average person in Turkey spends approximately three-and-a-half hours a day watching TV, according to a research by the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK).

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) vice chair and İzmir deputy Zeynep Altıok on June 7 filed a complaint against a TV show with the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) after a guest speaker said "women who are not fasting due to menstruation and eat on the street during Ramadan can get beaten," state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Matchmaking shows are a staple of daytime Turkish TV, but the matrimonial programs might be heading for an unhappy ending as repeated complaints about the shows have elicited promises from officials to meet with an eye to banning them from the airwaves.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered criticisms suggesting that constitutional changes would "weaken the power of the parliament." 

Five people were killed and at least 36 others were injured in a suicide bomb attack on March 19 in central Istanbul, on the busy ?stiklal Avenue in Taksim.

The attack happened on Balo Street in front of the local governor's office of Beyo?lu, and a through investigation has been launched into the attack, Istanbul Gov. Vasip ?ahin told reporters.

Turkey has ordered a temporary ban on showing images of Saturday's bomb blasts in Ankara and the aftermath of the attack for security reasons, Anadolu Agency has reported.

"Such bans are usually imposed to prevent the spread of what the government refers to as terrorist propaganda," the Turkish news agency explained.

It was the year 2009. The discussions were centered on the decisions made at the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) after ?lhan Yerlikaya, from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), took over the position of acting president of the board. 

Let us leave aside discussions on coalitions and an early election.

There are certain things that are certain: At the very least, we know that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) will not be able to use the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) high-handedly. 

One of those ?wise guys? from the ?other? neighborhood wrote, ?Ballot boxes are opening; votes are being counted. First results coming? It is an outcome pointing to a dramatic detachment?  It is an outcome where uncertainty, adventure and chaos will take the stage instead of stability? This time the voter has said that it wants a country full of uncertainties??

Two former prosecutors of the German-linked Deniz Feneri (Lighthouse) charity embezzlement case, who were removed from the case, criticized an Istanbul court?s decision on the case?s suspects. 

The Istanbul court made the decision May 13 to either acquit the suspects involved in the case or drop the case entirely due to a lapse of time.