Halk TV is a Turkish nationwide TV channel established in 2005. It is known for its relationship with the

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, abbreviated CHP), although the previous links were cut off in 2011 under a new CHP leader.

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, 4 June 2013
Turks deprived of TV turn to Twitter for protest news
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brought Halk TV into the spotlight as one of the few Turkish television channels to broadcast live coverage of the events. Because of this, the Turkish TV regulator

RTÜK Radio and Television Supreme Council ( tr, Radyo ve Televizyon Üst Kurulu), also known in short as RTÜK, is the Turkish state agency for monitoring, regulating, and sanctioning radio and television broadcasts. RTÜK was founded in 1994 and is ...

(Turkish: Radyo ve Televizyon Üst Kurulu) imposed a fine on Halk TV for "harming the physical, moral and mental development of children and young people".

History

Halk TV was established in 2005 "by former CHP accountant Mahmut Yıldız"''

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'', 5 February 2011
Halk TV stops broadcasting after CHP cuts financial support
and received some funding from CHP. When

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took over the CHP leadership in 2011, CHP cut its funding, leading to severe financial difficulties for Halk TV. Kılıçdaroğlu also asked CHP deputies and members not to appear as guests on the station. Former

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Mayor Gürbüz Çapan was linked with Halk TV in 2011. In May 2013 Halk TV was reprimanded by the media regulator

for broadcasting a "most watched" video from

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which it said was aimed at humiliating PM

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. In early 2020, Halk TV was sold to business man Cafer Mahiroğlu.

References

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* {{Television in Turkey Television stations in Turkey Television channels and stations established in 2005