Breaking News: TMSF Seizes Ekotürk
TMSF has seized Ekotürk, the television channel co-owned by Papara, which is named in an illegal betting investigation; after seizing computers, the fund entered the channel today with a new management team.
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Ekotürk, co-owned by Papara — which is named in an illegal betting investigation — has been transferred to TMSF management.
The Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), which yesterday seized the company's computers and completed backup procedures, arrived at the channel today with a new management team.
Last week, more than 15 employees were dismissed, including the editor-in-chief. This morning, officials verbally informed channel staff that the channel had been seized.
Cengiz Özdemir, who managed Kültür AŞ during the period when AKP leader and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan served as İBB mayor, is also a major shareholder of Ekotürk.