New development regarding internal corruption at CNN Türk: Documents published

New documents have been obtained regarding the allegations of internal corruption at CNN Türk, which is part of Demirören Media and occupied the public agenda last June.

Don't leave your news choices to an algorithm - decide for yourself what you read. Add 12punto to your preferred sources!

New development regarding internal corruption at CNN Türk: Documents published

According to the allegations, senior executives at CNN Türk are defrauding the channel through shell companies via the Programs Department.

According to the allegations that surfaced last June, the sole proprietorship named ERA Yapım Medya ve Prodüksiyon, established 1 year ago with a capital of 80 thousand TL by Fikriye Eylül Korkmaz, the young niece of CNN Türk Programs Department Manager Yasemin Tüzemen, generated 6 million liras in revenue solely through mayors featured on CNN Türk. Only a small portion of this revenue generated by the company was given to CNN Türk.

At the time, Demirören Media TV Group President Murat Yancı denied the allegations, stating that a systematic smear campaign was being conducted and that he had filed a lawsuit against those making the claims.

THEY WORKED WITH ERA YAPIM FOR SPONSORED PROJECTS

According to newly obtained information, Demirören Media TV Group President Murat Yancı and CNN Türk Programs Department Manager Yasemin Tüzemen decided to work with ERA Yapım for sponsored sales projects.

Among the documents reached by Odatv, it is seen that Murat Yancı authorized ERA Yapım for live broadcasts, programs, and similar broadcasts at CNN Türk, which are at the center of the allegations.

The document of the aforementioned allegation...

MONEY WENT TO ERA YAPIM, NOT CNN

Demirören Media was defrauded of approximately 600 thousand liras in the live broadcast of an event organized by a municipality.

It was learned that the money that should have been paid to CNN Türk in exchange for featuring many mayors on CNN Türk was not paid to the channel, and that the money went to the company named ERA Yapım.

Another incident involves a mayor being featured on prime time broadcasts on CNN Türk... A similar scheme was carried out in the approximately 3 million lira payment made by the municipality, which had agreed with the channel to appear on 4 evening broadcasts throughout the year.

A TOTAL OF 15 TO 25 MILLION LIRAS

Another document shows that an invoice was issued even for the "Memleketim" program, which is an in-house production of CNN Türk that the mayor participated in via Skype connection, and that it was shown as an external production and paid for as such...

According to the allegations, it is estimated that the channel has been caused a loss of around 15 to 25 million liras.

On the other hand, an article previously published in Medyaradar titled "How did Demirören overlook the 'corruption wheel' at CNN Türk? The news that Murat Yancı did not want to see..." mentioned the resignation of two senior executives from the CNN Türk Programs Department.

News Source: 12punto