Police Raid Halk TV Headquarters, Broadcaster Taken Off Air
Authorities appointed a trustee and halted broadcasts at the Istanbul-based television channel early Wednesday.
KEY POINTS
- Police raided Halk TV headquarters in Istanbul early on Oct. 14
- A trustee was appointed and broadcasts were halted
- Chairman Cafer Mahiroğlu announced the move and criticized Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
- Police search continued inside the building through the morning
- Legal grounds for the trusteeship were not disclosed in initial reports
Police teams entered Halk TV's main building in Istanbul during the early hours of October 14 and conducted a search operation. The channel's management announced that a trustee had been appointed and television broadcasts were suspended.
Halk TV Board Chairman Cafer Mahiroğlu disclosed the development on social media and criticized opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. The police search inside the building continued through the morning.
Three other outlets confirmed that police were dispatched to the premises in the first hours of the day and that an inspection was underway. None of the reports specified the legal basis for the trustee appointment.
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