CNN Türk is a Turkish

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news channel, launched on 11 October 1999 as the localised variant of American channel CNN. It broadcasts exclusively for

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and it is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and

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. Its headquarters are in

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Controversies

CNN Türk was one of the Turkish news channels which were criticised for not covering the

Gezi Park protests A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park prote ...

. On June 2, 2013 at 1:00am, CNN Türk was broadcasting a documentary on penguins while

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was showing live coverage of the protests in Turkey.

"'' n the afternoon of Friday, May 31, 2013' CNN Turk was broadcasting a food show, featuring the “flavors of
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.” Other major Turkish news channels were showing a dance contest and a roundtable on study-abroad programs. It was a classic case of the revolution not being televised. The whole country seemed to be experiencing a cognitive disconnect, with Twitter saying one thing, the government saying another, and the television off on another planet."

In 2014, it showed a documentary on bees as Turkish Kurds undertook major protests about Ankara's refusal to support Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State in Kobanê. On 15 July 2016, CNN Turk was forced to shut down by soldiers during the

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. In February 2020, the

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(CHP), announced a boycott of CNN Türk.

Tuncay Özkan Ahmet Tuncay Özkan (born 14 August 1966) is a Turkish journalist, writer and politician. He was arrested on September 27, 2008, in relation to the odatv case of the Ergenekon trials, and in August 2013 he was sentenced to aggravated life impri ...

from the CHP alleged that the TV channel acts like a publicity agency for the government of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). No politicians from the CHP would take part in any debate of CNN Türk and the CHP also advised not to watch CNN Türk at all.

Notable anchors

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References

External links

Official website

*https://twitter.com/cnnturk {{DEFAULTSORT:Cnn Turk

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