Country | Turkey |
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Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Turkish |
Picture format | 16:9 ( 1080i, HDTV) |
History | |
Launched | 2005 |
Links | |
Website | www.halktv.com.tr |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Internet | Live Stream |
Halk TV is a Turkish nationwide TV channel established in 2005. It is known for its relationship with the Republican People's Party ( Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, abbreviated CHP), although the previous links were cut off in 2011 under a new CHP leader. [1] [2] The Gezi Park protests brought Halk TV into the spotlight as one of the few Turkish television channels to broadcast live coverage of the events. [3] [2] Because of this, the Turkish TV regulator RTÜK (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". [4]
Halk TV was established in 2005 "by former CHP accountant Mahmut Yıldız" [1] and received some funding from CHP. When Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu took over the CHP leadership in 2011, CHP cut its funding, leading to severe financial difficulties for Halk TV. [1] Kılıçdaroğlu also asked CHP deputies and members not to appear as guests on the station. [5] Former Esenyurt Mayor Gürbüz Çapan was linked with Halk TV in 2011. [6]
In May 2013 Halk TV was reprimanded by the media regulator RTÜK for broadcasting a "most watched" video from YouTube which it said was aimed at humiliating PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [7]
In early 2020, Halk TV was sold to business man Cafer Mahiroğlu. [8]