Turkey sanctions television channels broadcast the protests - RT in Spanish - International news

The Supreme Board of Radio and Television of Turkey (RTÜK) ensures that fines imposed on broadcasters by “impair the physical, moral and mental development of children and youth” by relaying the protests environment the square.

Halk TV stations are affected, Ulusal Tv, Tv and EM Tv Cem.

Especially Halk TV, considered close to the largest opposition party, has gained fame and popularity unusual in Turkey as it is the only 24-hour reporting on the wave of protests sweeping the country for almost two weeks.

In the past, the station received a warning for broadcasting a video RTÜK considered by the authorities “humiliating” for the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Meanwhile, major news channels have become the butt of jokes, especially after the Turkish CNN issued, the early days of the riots, a documentary about penguins while dense battles happening with police in central Istanbul.

In the spirit of parody, the small channel cut Ulusal days later Tv live broadcast Erdogan a speech to give way to images of penguins.

This cute bird has become the symbol of Turkish protesters considered a flagrant self-censorship among the most powerful media in the country.