Independence of Regulatory Authority: Türkiye’s Radio and Television Supreme Council

Özgün AKDURAN EROL, Yunus Yi̇ği̇t
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Independent regulatory authorities are expected to act as apolitical agents to prevent market failures in the sector they regulate. However, according to political signal theory, regulatory authorities cannot escape the interventions and control of the political power. In addition, according to capture theory, regulation is designed and operated for the benefit of dominant capital groups in the sector. This article applies both theories to the case of Türkiye’s radio and TV sector. Based on our analysis we claim that the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council is a unique case of a supposedly independent authority being captured by both the political power and dominant capitalist groups in the sector, which are intertwined with this power, by limiting its administrative and financial autonomy. Our findings show that the close relations between capital groups and important political figures, which have been clear since the the sector was first liberalized, have helped these groups gain a privileged position in Türkiye’s media sector. As a result, the main instrument that changed the media ownership structure was the interventions of the political power in line with the propositions of the "political signaling" theory.
监管机构的独立性: rkiye的广播电视最高委员会
预计独立监管机构将扮演非政治代理人的角色,防止其监管的行业出现市场失灵。然而,根据政治信号理论,监管当局无法逃脱政治权力的干预和控制。此外,根据俘获理论,监管的设计和运作是为了该部门占主导地位的资本集团的利益。本文将这两种理论应用于俄罗斯广播电视部门的案例。根据我们的分析,我们声称,土耳其广播电视最高委员会是一个独特的案例,一个本应独立的权力机构被该部门的政治权力和占主导地位的资本主义集团俘虏,它们通过限制其行政和财政自主权,与这种权力交织在一起。我们的研究结果表明,资本集团与重要政治人物之间的密切关系,自该部门首次自由化以来一直很明显,这有助于这些集团在乌克兰媒体部门获得特权地位。因此,根据“政治信号”理论的主张,改变媒体所有权结构的主要工具是政治权力的干预。
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