Key facts
- Police raided Halk TV's Istanbul headquarters on Wednesday.
- A government trustee was appointed to manage Halk TV.
- Live broadcasts were halted.
- Halk TV Chairman Cafer Mahiroglu is subject to an investigation for alleged bribery, tender-rigging, and laundering of assets derived from crime.
Turkish authorities appointed a government trustee to run pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV following a police raid on its Istanbul office. Prosecutors ordered the detention of Halk TV Chairman Cafer Mahiroglu over alleged bribery, tender-rigging, and laundering of assets derived from crime.
The channel's live broadcast was interrupted at 6:30 a.m. (0330 GMT), after which pre-recorded content was aired. Deniz Bayramoglu, a programmer at Halk TV, posted on X that Editor-in-Chief Suat Toktas was not permitted to continue the broadcast by the trustee delegation.