RTUK Recommends French Media Boycott

Supreme Radio and Television Board issues recommendation for Turkish media to boycott French media products in a retaliation to the Armenian Genocide Bill. Recommendation in force until bill is completely off the agenda.

Erol Önderoğlu

The Supreme Radio and Television Board (RTUK) of Turkey has issued a recommendation for all Turkish radio and television stations to impose a boycott on French media products in retaliation to the French Parliament's passing of a controversial bill criminalizing the denial of the existence of an "Armenian Genocide".

The recommendation was adopted in an October 17 meeting of the highest board regulating radio and television broadcasts in Turkey and members of RTUK voted in favor of it unanimously.

A statement issued by the Board after the decision referred to the French Parliament's decision to pass the Armenian Genocide Bill as "a great injustice done to the Turkish people" and continued:

"A decision has been taken to recommend radio and television broadcasting corporations in Turkey not to air French-sourced media products until the draft law proposal for the punishment of those denying the so-called Armenian genocide is completely off the agenda". (EO/II/YE)

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Erol Önderoğlu

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A graduate of the French Language and Literature Department at İstanbul University. He has served as the Turkey representative for the international organization Reporters Without...

A graduate of the French Language and Literature Department at İstanbul University. He has served as the Turkey representative for the international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), where he began as a reporter in 1996. Since 1999, he has worked at bianet, a project of the IPS Communication Foundation, as the coordinator of the Legal Support Desk, editor for freedom of expression, and editor-in-chief. He has authored more than 4,800 signed news articles and opinion pieces. He has also written for Bizim Gazete and the journal Güncel Hukuk. He currently prepares the Media Monitoring Reports at bianet.