TELE2 News terminated its broadcasts as it could not pay the RTÜK license fee

Following the arrest of TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanardağ and the appointment of a trustee to TELE1, TELE2 News, which was established by the channel's employees, terminated its broadcasts.

TELE1 was appointed as SDIF management trustee by the decision of the Istanbul Criminal Court of Peace in October 2025.

TELE2 News continued its broadcasts over the internet after this period.

In April, RTÜK gave TELE2 Haber 72 hours to apply for a license.

RTUK ASKED 2 MILLION LIRA FOR TWO LICENSES

TELE2 programmer Murat Taylan explained in the last broadcast why the channel ended its broadcasts.

Stating that RTÜK requested two separate licenses, Taylan said that the total license fee reached 2 million liras.

“WE CANNOT ESTABLISH A TELEVISION CHANNEL”

Taylan stated that they could not afford the license fee due to economic conditions and said:

"We cannot establish a television channel. As you know, RTÜK asked us for two licenses shortly after TELE2 News started broadcasting.

The license request put before us by RTÜK is 2 million lira. "When there were economic conditions that necessitated a downsizing even within ourselves, we decided to terminate our broadcasts under the name TELE2 News because we had reached the end of the period legally required from us and we could not pay the requested license fee."

Thus, TELE2 News ended the broadcast period that started after the appointment of a trustee to TELE1.