Germany revokes two Turkish-language broadcasters' licenses

[Harold Schiffman]

Germany revokes two Turkish-language broadcasters' licenses

The stations, Kanal 7 INT and TVT, were linked to the Deniz Feneri
charity, which saw two of its officials convicted of embezzlement
Hamburg — Germany cancelled the licenses of two Turkish-language
Islamic television stations Thursday, eight weeks after senior
executives were sent to jail for embezzlement. The stations, Kanal 7
INT and TVT, were linked to the Deniz Feneri charity, which collected
alms for the poor from devout Muslims living in Western Europe.

More than 20,000 donors contributed 41 million euros (52 million
dollars) to Deniz Feneri, but 16 million euros of that vanished into
two defendants' pockets, the Frankfurt court said in September.
Germany's national broadcast licensing commission ZAK said Thursday it
was withdrawing licenses issued in March 2007 to the stations because
their programs were no longer coming from studios in Germany.

http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/2008/11/14/germany-revokes-two-turkish-language-broadcasters%E2%80%99-licenses/

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