Claim 705

WION reported a Turkish broadcaster's response that RTUK's penalties were based on earthquake-related coverage and that reporting was being treated as a crime.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: WION reported a Turkish broadcaster's response that RTUK's penalties were based on earthquake-related coverage and that reporting was being treated as a crime.
Field: action
Value: outlet: reporting treated as a crime
About: incident 2023-turkiye-rtuk-fines-earthquake-coverage
Source: Turkey: Three news outlets fined for critical coverage of govt's earthquake response
Publisher: WION
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2023-02-22

Quotation from the source

All these penalties were based on comments and news after the earthquake. We live in a time when reporting is considered a crime.