Country | Turkey |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | Turkish |
Ownership | |
Owner | Katılım Medya |
History | |
Launched | 1 May 2011 |
Closed | 4 October 2016 |
Links | |
Website | www.imc-tv.com |
IMC TV ( Turkish: İMC TV) was a Turkish nationwide TV channel launched on 1 May 2011. [1] Presenters included Nuray Mert [2] and Fehim Taştekin . [3] In 2011 it hosted a talk show series called Gamurç // Köprü ("Bridge" in Armenian and Turkish) - the first of its kind in Turkey focussing exclusively on Armenian-Turkish relations. [1]
In March 2013 IMC hired Michelle Demishevich, Turkey's first transgender TV reporter. [4]
During the 2013 protests in Turkey, a camera man for IMC was attacked with a tear gas cartridge fired directly at him, [5] and IMC's Gökhan Biçici (editor of Emek Dünyası) was beaten and detained. [6] [7]
It was shut down under the emergency statutory decree issued in the aftermath of the 15 July failed coup d'état, alongside 11 other television and 11 radio stations, on 4 October 2016 when police raided the television station's headquarters in Istanbul. [8] [9] [10]
Country | Turkey |
---|---|
Programming | |
Language(s) | Turkish |
Ownership | |
Owner | Katılım Medya |
History | |
Launched | 1 May 2011 |
Closed | 4 October 2016 |
Links | |
Website | www.imc-tv.com |
IMC TV ( Turkish: İMC TV) was a Turkish nationwide TV channel launched on 1 May 2011. [1] Presenters included Nuray Mert [2] and Fehim Taştekin . [3] In 2011 it hosted a talk show series called Gamurç // Köprü ("Bridge" in Armenian and Turkish) - the first of its kind in Turkey focussing exclusively on Armenian-Turkish relations. [1]
In March 2013 IMC hired Michelle Demishevich, Turkey's first transgender TV reporter. [4]
During the 2013 protests in Turkey, a camera man for IMC was attacked with a tear gas cartridge fired directly at him, [5] and IMC's Gökhan Biçici (editor of Emek Dünyası) was beaten and detained. [6] [7]
It was shut down under the emergency statutory decree issued in the aftermath of the 15 July failed coup d'état, alongside 11 other television and 11 radio stations, on 4 October 2016 when police raided the television station's headquarters in Istanbul. [8] [9] [10]