Broadcasting Watchdog Suggests French Film Boycott
Zaman Online, Turkey
Oct 19 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
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The Radio and Television Higher Board (RTUK) has recommended that
Turkish national and local television channels and radios boycott
French media.
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog said in a written statement late
on Wednesday that board members had unanimously agreed that Turkish
television and radio stations should avoid airing French-made programs
until France drops the Armenian genocide bill.
On Oct. 12, the French National Assembly passed a highly controversial
bill that makes it a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians
during World War I were genocide.
French films, TV shows and music account for about 10 percent of the
content on Turkish radio and television, according to figures provided
by the broadcasting watchdog.
The Turkish Consumers Union, Turkey’s main consumer group, last
week decided to publicize one French company or brand every week and
encourage Turks to boycott it.
French oil company Total has been boycotted and a boycott of L’Oreal
will begin as of next Monday