
A police raid was carried out on Halk TV's building in Istanbul; The management was handed over to the trustee and the live broadcast was stopped.
AI-generated summary
As part of the pressure on the media, a trustee was appointed to Halk TV.
Pressures on the media continue unabated.
Finally, a trustee was appointed to Halk TV this morning. It was noteworthy that the operation was carried out on the day that Ekrem İmamoğlu's defense would begin.
POLICE RAIDED, BROADCASTING WAS STOPPED
A police raid was carried out on Halk TV's building in Istanbul in the early hours of the morning.
Following the raid, a trustee took over the management of the channel and the live broadcast was suddenly stopped. Movies started to be shown instead of news bulletins.
While police teams were searching the building, the road where the canal was located was closed to traffic and employees were not allowed to enter the building at first.
REPORTERS WERE ON YOUTUBE BROADCAST
Halk TV reporters switched to a joint broadcast on YouTube instead of the trustee broadcast.
Reporters made a live connection from their location.

Dilek Kaya İmamoğlu, wife of detained Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality President Ekrem İmamoğlu, reacted to the appointment of a trustee to Halk TV and the police raid. He stated that it was significant that this intervention coincided with the day his wife's defense was about to begin.

The police raid on the Halk TV building and the appointment of a trustee were condemned by left-wing parties, unions and rights organizations as a blow to press freedom and a call for solidarity was made.

On the morning of October 14, the police entered Halk TV's Istanbul headquarters, stopped the broadcasts, and a trustee was appointed to its management. The identity of İbrahim Paşalı, who was appointed as the head of the trustee board, and his previous duties in institutions such as Flash News and TELE1 are being investigated.

While a police operation was carried out on the channel building within the scope of the investigation against Halk TV, there are allegations of bribery and money laundering against the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Cafer Mahiroğlu. While SDIF was appointed as trustee to the companies, the channel's broadcasts were stopped.

A trustee was appointed to the Halk TV management within the scope of operations against media organizations in Türkiye. İbrahim Paşalı, who previously served in the management of many channels such as Flash Haber, TELE1 and Habertürk, was appointed as the head of the trustee board.

The police operation on Halk TV and the appointment of SDIF trustees were announced by international media organizations such as Reuters, BBC and Bloomberg in the context of press freedom.