'Kurdish letter' ban on Serap Belovacıklı

Journalist Serap Belovacıklı has been banned from appearing on screen for 5 weeks for not broadcasting the moments when the letter from terrorist leader Öcalan was read in Kurdish.

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'Kurdish letter' ban on Serap Belovacıklı

The reason why Sözcü TV reporter Serap Belovacıklı has not been on screen has been revealed.

In a statement on her social media account, Serap Belovacıklı said, "Friends, I cannot answer everyone, so I will write it here. RTÜK has imposed a 5-week screen ban.

For this reason, I will be away for a while.

Many thanks to everyone who asked. This, of course, will not intimidate anyone."

It has emerged that Belovacıklı received the screen ban because she did not broadcast the moments when the letter from terrorist leader Öcalan was read in Kurdish.