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Turkish state radio and television (TRT) banned 208 songs for their content.

"According to the law, TRT has the right to take action on content that includes uncensored expressions, alcohol, cigarettes, etc.," said Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Government Speaker Bekir Bozdag. According to him, banning songs is not censorship, but it means that TRT does its job.

Turkey’s Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan, announced on Tuesday that he has banned Turkish tourist ships from reaching the Greek islands.

According to the information, this decision comes as a “response” to the seizure by the Greek authorities of Turkish ships, for violations of specific international safety provisions.

The tax stamp on electronic devices production and imports was recently hiked, for allocation to the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), the state broadcaster. Upon a decision by the cabinet, 4 percent has been added to the existing 6 percent tax stamp.   

As a result of this decision, TRT will reportedly earn profits worth 500 million Turkish Liras. 

If you are a foreigner in Turkey and used Twitter in the last couple of days, you were probably puzzled over the frenzy of the hashtag "organikhosaf." Let me try to explain it. 

Şenol Göka, the director general of state broadcaster TRT, announced his resignation from the post he held for three years on May 12.

In his letter of resignation, Göka said he resigned from his post as he "considered it to be necessary." 

Turkish industrialists will no longer have to contribute funds to the state-run broadcaster TRT, according to a top official.

Before it was converted into a propaganda outlet of the presidency and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) was a state-run news broadcaster. When TRT reported on an event, no one could doubt for a second the accuracy of the way it was presented.

State-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) uploaded a portion of its archive on the web. Click and watch. Especially from the 1970s to the end of the 1990s, the state television would make its rivals envious in terms of quality. The drama and comedy sequences, culture talk shows, entertainment programs and interviews… the 1970s were especially the years when TRT was truly a TRT. 

A recent report by the Turkish Police Academy has revealed the methods members of the Fethullah Gülen movement allegedly used to defraud public sector companies, including the state-run television channel TRT, hospitals, universities and schools. 

The Gülenists caused an estimated 300 million Turkish Liras in losses at TRT, according to the report.

A Turkish reporter for the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Channel (TRT) has proposed to his girlfriend at Mecca's Kaabah, the holiest mosque in Islam.

Yusuf Akyön, the son of Turkish press attaché to Saudi Arabia Bahattin Akyön, recorded a video while proposing to his girlfriend at the holy site during an Umrah visit.