Turkey: Election body sues TV channels violating ban

By Baris Kilic, Aylin Sirikli and Ferdi Turkten

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Sunday filed criminal complaints against some local channels which started election-related broadcasts before the ban was lifted.

All polls closed across Turkey at 5 p.m. local time (1400GMT) on Sunday.

Under a broadcast ban imposed by the YSK, media organizations are not allowed to broadcast any political advertising, predictions or comments about the polls from 6 p.m. local time (1500GMT) until 9 p.m. (1800GMT).

The YSK later announced that the broadcast ban was lifted at 7.15 p.m. local time (1615GMT).

*Writing by Sena Guler