Kanaltürk

Founded by Tuncay Özkan in 2004, it was sold by Özkan in May 2008 to Koza İpek Holding. The channel was closed in 29 February 2016, along with Bugün TV and İpek Media Group.[1]

Kanaltürk
Launched10 June 2004 (2004-06-10)
Closed29 February 2016 (2016-02-29)
Owned byKoza İpek Holding
Picture format16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Slogan"Turkey's Television"
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
HeadquartersIstanbul
Sister channel(s)Bugün Daily, Bugün TV, Kanaltürk Radio, Millet Daily

Kanaltürk was a TV channel in Turkey.

History

In 2008, the company had been in financial difficulties, with tax debts of as much as $10m, and many employees not paid over the preceding seven months.[2]

On October 27, 2015, Turkish police storm and shut down both Kanaltürk TV station and Bugün TV station that have been critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) ahead of a general election on November 1. Baris Yarkadas, a lawmaker with the main-opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), said “We are witnessing the police entering news organizations, delivering declarations and taking over journalists’ seats—just like junta periods, this is called a police state".[3] And now October 28, Wednesday off the air 16:37 (TSİ) 15:37 (GMT+1) alongside channel Kanaltürk, Bugün TV and Kanaltürk Radio has been interrupted.

gollark: Either stuff won't print if it's not a haiku, or it will pad it with extra text until it is a haiku.
gollark: I'm going to try and make it only output haikus next.
gollark: Fun idea, fun idea.
gollark: Well, it's used *by* the storage network, but it's not for storage.
gollark: It's not actually used as part of the storage network.

References
  1. "İpek Medya kapatıldı" (in Turkish). CNN Türk. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. Hurriyet Daily News, 14 May 2008, Deal props gov't boosters
  3. https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-police-raid-tv-stations-of-government-critics-1446038925


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