Celebration Message from the RTÜK President Ebubekir ŞAHİN on the 28th anniversary of the foundation of RTÜK
Today, we are celebrating the 28th anniversary of the foundation of RTÜK.
Our Radio and Television Supreme Council, which started its activities on April 20, 1994, provides uninterrupted service to our dear citizens with its experienced expert staff working in the main and additional service buildings in the capital Ankara and in 3 different regional representations.
Access to audiovisual media has become easier than ever in the field of broadcasting, which has accessed a wide range of capabilities with technological developments. This situation necessitated a brand-new dynamism for regulation and supervision activities. Our Radio and Television Supreme Council closely monitors the new developments in the world and effectively regulates the field of radio and television with its young and dynamic expert staff.
Our goal is; To guide the provision of impartial, reliable, respectful, innovative, national, and pluralistic media services to the public.
The Radio and Television Supreme Council continues to be the guarantor of the freedom of expression and information of the audience and listeners, as it always has been.
Our Supreme Council, which does not compromise on national security in the field of broadcasting and prioritizes children, women, the elderly, and the disabled, resolutely fulfills its duty to protect our national and moral values.
While conducting our regulation and supervision activities in the field of radio and television broadcasting, we make positive discrimination against disadvantaged groups. As the Radio and Television Supreme Council, we do our best to prevent any broadcast content that may harm the mental, physical, and moral development of children.
We made an important contribution to the studies on the protection of family, which is always our red line, at the "Media and Family Values Workshop" with broad participation, which we organized last year with the Ministry of Family and Social Services.
Our Supreme Council has always aimed to ensure that broadcasts are made in such a way that we can view and listen altogether as families at our homes.
The correct and perfect use of the Turkish language in broadcasts is also a sine qua non for RTÜK.
While rewarding good examples in the media within the framework of the "Turkish As A World Language " campaign announced by President of the Republic of Türkiye Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last year, we continue our education and awareness activities efficiently beyond our borders in the "Media Literacy and Turkish Language Workshops in the Digital Age" that we started with our close partner “Yunus Emre Institute”.
In line with our sensitivity to language, we also decided at our Supreme Council to establish the "Turkish Broadcasting Regulatory Authorities Forum" among Turkish-speaking countries.
Adopting to keep always upright the principle of combating disinformation, our Supreme Council put forward its significant findings regarding the problem of fake news and manipulation issues in the discussion at the "Workshop on Combating Disinformation in the Audiovisual Media" that RTÜK organized last month.
In the second “International Media and Islamophobia Symposium”, which RTÜK organized with the support of our Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Directorate of Communications, the Supreme Council tried to prevent misperceptions in the media by protecting our sacred values.
On our 28th anniversary, I would like to thank those who have never withheld their support; primarily our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and all our state elders, our esteemed Supreme Council Members who have served with great devotion, and my hardworking colleagues, and I wish them all a healthy life.
EBUBEKİR ŞAHİN
PRESIDENT OF THE RADIO AND TELEVISION SUPREME COUNCIL
Released on 20.04.2022