The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined three TV outlets because of their broadcasts about the two earthquakes that occurred on 6 February.

FOX TV received a fine because of the remarks made by the moderator about the fact that the disaster management agency was preventing aid from other entities. The outlet was handed an administrative fine.

The council imposed five broadcast bans on Halk TV over its "Great Disaster Special Broadcast" program.

The bans were imposed because of remarks made by Ahmet Şık, an MP with the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP), which, according to the council, violated a provision in the RTÜK Law by which "Broadcast services cannot be against the existence and independence of the Republic of Turkey and the inseparable integrity of the nation and the country."

A third fine was given to TELE1 for the "rumors conveyed as if they were the truth" during a program.