Politics
Turkish police raid opposition TV channel Halk TV, halt live broadcasts
October 14, 2026 at 08:29 AM · Updated 2d ago
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 3 hours
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هالك تي في: الشرطة التركية تداهم مقر قناة المعارضة الرئيسية وتمنع البث وتفرض الوصاية عليها
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عقب مداهمتها فجرا..الشرطة التركية توقف بث قناة معارضة
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Turkey police raid opposition TV station, halting live broadcasts
(opens the publisher’s site)Turkish police have raided the Istanbul headquarters of opposition channel Halk TV, halting live broadcasts and appointing an administrator to run it.
- Halk TV said employees could not enter the building Wednesday morning and live broadcasts were cut off.
- Istanbul prosecutors said the raid followed an investigation into chairman Cafer Mahir Oğlu on bribery, tender-rigging and money-laundering charges.
- Authorities issued arrest warrants for 17 people, including Oğlu who is abroad, and announced 11 arrests.
- Turkey's Journalists' Union accused the authorities of violating the law to overcome problems, saying the move struck press freedom.
- Mahiroğlu, in London, denied the bribery and money-laundering charges and called the raid a 'black day' for Turkey.
- He blamed former CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for the raid.
- CHP leader Özgür Özel condemned the move as an attack on press freedom.