content tagged with açık radyo

Açık Radyo returns online after license revocation

Açık Radyo returns online after license revocation

Turkey’s media regulators had blocked the radio station’s terrestrial license last month over remarks on the Armenian genocide.

11 November 2024

Opposition party, Greta Thunberg express support for closed independent radio station Açık Radyo

Opposition party, Greta Thunberg express support for closed independent radio station Açık Radyo

Açık Radyo was forced to cease broadcasting on Oct 16 after its license was revoked following a guest's mention of the Armenian genocide during a program.

28 October 2024

‘Voices of the universe’ silenced: 30 years of Açık Radyo

‘Voices of the universe’ silenced: 30 years of Açık Radyo

The independent radio collective was forced to cease its broadcast on Oct 16 following the revocation of its license because a guest mentioned the Armenian genocide during a program.

21 October 2024

Açık Radyo shuts down following license revocation over Armenian genocide remarks

Açık Radyo shuts down following license revocation over Armenian genocide remarks

The İstanbul-based independent radio collective was forced to end its 29-year broadcast today after its license was revoked by Turkey’s media regulator.

16 October 2024 Hikmet Adal

Turkey's media watchdog revokes radio station’s license over genocide remembrance broadcast

Turkey's media watchdog revokes radio station’s license over genocide remembrance broadcast

Açık Radyo was penalized over a guest’s remarks that "109th anniversary of the massacres and deportations, referred to as genocide, that took place on Ottoman lands."

3 July 2024 Hikmet Adal

Ethnographer, documentary filmmaker Cem Madra loses his life

Ethnographer, documentary filmmaker Cem Madra loses his life

Ethnographer, documentary filmmaker and librarian Cem Madra was also among the founders of the İstanbul-based “Açık Radyo” radio station.

‘22 million people need to have flu vaccine in Turkey’

COVID-19

‘22 million people need to have flu vaccine in Turkey’

According to Prof. Badur, there are 22 million chronically ill people aged over 65 and they need to be vaccinated against flu amid pandemic. However, Turkey’s annual number of flu vaccines has never exceeded 3 million since 2006.

26 October 2020

Açık Gazete Compiles Corruption Songs

Açık Gazete Compiles Corruption Songs

Açık Gazete, a radio program presented by Ömer Madra and Can Tonbil on Turkey’s Açık Radyo, compiled a youtube playlist of songs related to the corruption probe.

27 December 2013 Elif Akgül