The behaviour of the British Foreign Office has been a national disgrace. At the behest of the Turkish Authorities they have, albeit unsuccessfully, tried to force ITC to revoke Med-TV's broadcast licence. They have though managed to cut off a free news feed to Med-TV . Poland, Belgium, France and Germany have all kowtowed to pressure from Turkey. Despite these attempts to silence Med-TV it has continued to broadcast, and gone from strength to strength.
Many viewers tune in as a direct response to Turkey's attempt to silence the station.
In any consideration of Med-TV's licence ITC should take due note of press and media censorship within Turkey. It should also take note of various international agreements and conventions on democracy and press freedom to which Turkey is a signatory. All over Europe there are TV and radio programs in minority languages. To broadcast such programmes in Turkey, in Kurdish, is a terrorist offence. Technical details Eutelsat II F2 transponder 37 11.575 GHz audio 6.65 GHz vertical polarisation.