>Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the sanctions that Turkey’s High Council for Broadcasting (RTÜK) has imposed on three national TV broadcasters for their comments about the recent earthquake in the southeast of the country. The fines are designed to intimidate and silence criticism of the government, RSF says.

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 74%. (I'm a bot)

> The ruling party-dominated RTÜK imposed heavy fines on 22 February on Halk TV, Tele1 and Fox TV, which have covered the shortcomings in the relief that the government and local authorities have provided to people in the regions hit by the 6 February earthquake.

> Within hours of the earthquake on 6 February, the RTÜK began threatening certain TV channels over the critical tone they were taking in their coverage.

> In December, Konuralp reported that RTÜK was discriminating in its handling of the complaints against broadcasters and that 75% of the fines in 2022 had been imposed on the seven leading critical TV channels.

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Sure.... that's definitely going to help fix things....

I wonder if Erdogan can win the election with 44 thousand people dead and such a poor response plus all the building violations. I won't be surprised if he does.

You can win any election when you're a dictator that doesn't count votes....

Honestly I would be shocked if he doesn't try to postpone the election in some attempt to recover face before votes come in. Assuming he doesn't fuck with the election some other way

Dont underestimate Erdogan

Nothing says civilized nation like fining people for criticizing government policies.

That's why we are lucky to have the first amendment.

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What an incredibly thinned skinned nation.

That's how you know you no longer live in a democracy.

Glad Erdogan has his priorities in order /s

(Unfortunately) His fanboys in Germany and UK will send their votes

He's going to postpone the election. In all honesty the devestation is so great that I'm not sure it's feesible to hold it on time even if Erdogan didn't have an obvious reason to move it back.

110% of the population supports Erdogan's response to the earthquake

It's easier to do things like that when the rest of NATO doesn't see you as a potential thorn in their side.

When is the next Turkish election? Is it soon or something?

He hasn’t rigged elections. That much is still intact at least, for now.

You forgot the /s

Should've been obvious.

r/FuckTheS

#Erdogone

Ofc he did,he even counted unofficial vote papers in election day as proper vote which he legalised that in Voting day

Yeah, had the same feeling when abortions were made illegal.

And having the presumptive R front runner actively trying to destroy it. Fucking Ron.

To be fair the birthrate in the US is/was slowing, and this might be their way to pick it up again. I don't think it's on the level of fining media for something you disagree with.

Damn. TIL Rape children, women carrying around a dead baby, women dying due to no abortion and children from incest are better than fining a TV channel.

Let's have babies in families that don't want them or can't afford them. That ought to do the trick. More slaves are needed.

To raise the birthrate you need a social care system, not banning abortion. Introducing tax benefits for parents giving birth, subsidized child care etc. For those who don't want to be parents, but would be willing to give their child for adoption, a working adoption system and foster care system.

Banning abortion just means that people get illegal abortions or get sterilized if they don't want children.

Good point, it was the only logical thing I could think of why they did it, other than maybe the supreme court is full of religous nut jobs.

Also, people in Ohio getting sick because the government won't admit they aren't safe. That's how you know you don't live in a democracy.

We get it, you hate America, lmfao.

Almost as if law is just a mirage in Turkey.

There is no 'legal' way to move elections AFAIK.

But Turkey is a de facto dictatorship so it is not surprising.