IMC TV explained
IMC TV (Turkish: İMC TV) was a Turkish nationwide TV channel launched on 1 May 2011.[1] Presenters included Nuray Mert[2] and .[3] In 2011 it hosted a talk show series called Gamurç // Köprü ("Bridge" in Armenian and Turkish) - the first of its kind in Turkey focussing exclusively on Armenian-Turkish relations.[1]
In March 2013 IMC hired Michelle Demishevich, Turkey's first transgender TV reporter.[4]
During the 2013 protests in Turkey, a camera man for IMC was attacked with a tear gas cartridge fired directly at him,[5] and IMC's Gökhan Biçici (editor of Emek Dünyası) was beaten and detained.[6] [7]
It was shut down under the emergency statutory decree issued in the aftermath of the 15 July failed coup d'état, alongside 11 other television and 11 radio stations, on 4 October 2016 when police raided the television station's headquarters in Istanbul.[8] [9] [10]
Notes and References
- Susae Elanchenny, Narod Maraşlıyan, Breaking the Ice: The Role of Civil Society and Media in Turkey-Armenia Relations, GPoT, p26
- Talin Suciyan, The Armenian Weekly, 20 June 2011, Suciyan: The Elections in Turkey: An Assessment
- , 30 May 2013, Turkey’s Kurdish Policies Complicate Ties With Iran, Iraq Al-Monitor
- [bianet]
- [Committee to Protect Journalists]
- Web site: Emek Dünyası :: Emek Dünyası editörü Gökhan Biçici gözaltında darp edildi. 14 October 2016. 19 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161019000405/http://www.emekdunyasi.net/ed/toplum-yasam/21553-emek-dunyasi-editoru-gokhan-bicici-gozaltinda. dead.
- hamzaaktan. Hamza Aktan. 346354141938982913. 16 June 2013. Polis, gazeteci arkadaşımız Gökhan Biçici'yi darp etti, yerlerde sürükledi... Gökhan hala gözaltında....
- Web site: Police raid TV station over 'terror propaganda,' cut broadcast - LOCAL. 4 October 2016 . 14 October 2016.
- News: İMC TV de kapatıldı. IMC TV was also closed. BBC World Service. 30 September 2016. 4 October 2016. tr.
- News: Turkey police shut down pro-Kurdish TV channel live on air . . 4 October 2016. 4 October 2016 .
