Radio and television is the type of publication with the longest title list in the Press Card Regulation: 20 sub-paragraphs are listed in Art. 26/1.
The 2024 Amendment
By Article 6 of Presidential Decision No. 8624 published in the Official Gazette of 6/6/2024, No. 32568, the phrases “Private radio” in the heading and in the first and second paragraphs of Art. 26 were changed to “Radio”, and sub-paragraph (s) Photographer was added.
The Title List — Art. 26/1
| Sub-paragraph | Title(s) |
|---|---|
| a | The chair of the board of directors |
| b | The director general or general coordinator |
| c | The chair of the broadcast review board |
| ç | The editor-in-chief or general publication coordinator or general publication manager or publication director |
| d | The news coordinator |
| e | The regional representative and/or provincial representative |
| f | The responsible manager |
| g | The news manager or editor or sub-editor or chief, on condition of working in one of the 17 news fields |
| ğ | The producer |
| h | The director |
| ı | The intelligence and news section chief, or separately the intelligence section chief and the news section chief |
| i | The news anchor |
| j | The moderator |
| k | The news cameraman |
| l | The cameraman |
| m | The reporter |
| n | The representative reporter |
| o | The news or sports commentator |
| ö | The editing operator |
| p | The viewer representative |
| r | The sign language interpreter |
| s | The photographer (Added: Official Gazette 6/6/2024-32568-Presidential Decision 8624/6) |
The Quotas — Art. 26/2
| Sub-paragraph | Nature of the broadcast | Quota |
|---|---|---|
| a | National radio and television | To the chairs of the board of directors and those working in their domestic and foreign bureaux, without quota limitation |
| b | Regional televisions | The chairs of the board of directors + 19 employees |
| c | Local televisions | The chairs of the board of directors + 10 employees |
| ç | Regional radios | The chairs of the board of directors + 7 employees |
| d | Local radios | The chairs of the board of directors + 2 employees |
| e | Regional or local radio and television | No press card is given to those working in foreign bureaux |
| f | All of them | No press card is given to those who do not work in the news field, even if they work in the titles listed above |
The Definitions of the Nature of Broadcasting
| Definition | Content | Sub-paragraph |
|---|---|---|
| National broadcasting | A broadcasting service delivered to at least 70% of the population of the country and to the settlements determined by RTÜK, over terrestrial, cable, satellite and internet media | Art. 4/s |
| Regional broadcasting | A broadcasting service delivered to at least 70% of the total population of the provinces within one geographical region and to the provinces determined by RTÜK | Art. 4/d |
| Local broadcasting | A broadcasting service delivered over terrestrial media within the boundaries of at most one province | Art. 4/v |
Titles Peculiar to Radio-TV
The following titles appear in the Press Card Regulation only in the radio and television list:
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- the-producer-job-description-in-broadcasting-turkey
- the-director-and-the-right-to-a-press-card-in-television-turkey
- what-is-a-moderator-and-how-they-differ-from-a-presenter-turkey
- the-news-commentator-and-the-sports-commentator-turkey
- viewer-representative-requirement-turkey
- the-sign-language-interpreter-and-accessibility-in-broadcasting-turkey
- the-photographer-a-title-added-by-the-2024-amendment-turkey
The Connection with Law No. 6112
The licensing, broadcasting principles and sanctions regime of radio and television organisations are governed in Law No. 6112. We covered the detail in RTÜK legislation and Law No. 6112.
The Other Publication-Type Lists
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- the-title-list-for-weekly-newspapers-and-magazines-turkey
- titles-at-non-political-newspapers-and-magazines-turkey
- titles-at-fortnightly-and-less-frequent-publications-turkey
- the-title-list-at-news-and-photo-agencies-turkey
- press-card-titles-at-anadolu-agency-turkey
- titles-eligible-for-a-press-card-at-trt-turkey
- the-title-list-at-radio-and-television-turkey
- the-title-list-at-internet-news-sites-turkey
Conclusion
The titles that may obtain a press card at radio and television organisations are listed in 20 sub-paragraphs in Art. 26/1 and form the longest list in the legislation. The quota is determined by the nature of the broadcast: no limitation for national broadcasts; +19 employees for regional televisions, +10 for local televisions, +7 for regional radios and +2 for local radios. No card is given to those who do not work in the news field, even if they work in the titles on the list.