[Nodxa] Conflicting Reports About Turkey

[Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)]

Ham Radio in Turkey
July 21, 2016

Currently lots of misinformation circulated around the internet with 
regards ham radio licenses in Turkey being revoked following the recent 
attempted military coup in that country.
It’s not true. Here’s some quotes from informed Turkish operators:

     IT’S NOT TRUE. WE ARE ON THE AIR, 73 TA3J

     GOOD MORNING FROM TURKEY. NOT CORRECT NEWS; LIFE IS PROCEEDING 
NORMALLY. BEST REGARDS FROM TA1ED

     THERE ARE NO HAM RADIO LICENSE REVOKED IN TURKEY AND HAM RADIO 
OPERATORS ARE OPERATING NORMALLY. THE REPORTS ON HAM RADIO LICENSES 
BEING REVOKED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF RADIO AND TELEVISION (RTUK) ARE 
UNCONFIRMED AND SPECULATIVE. RTUK IS NOT A REGULATORY BODY OF HAM RADIO. 
WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS AGAINST HAM RADIO ETHIC TO SHARE UNCONFIRMED 
INFORMATION ESPECIALLY IN THIS SENSITIVE TIME. WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND 
EVERY HAM RADIO OPERATOR TO AVOID SHARING UNCONFIRMED NEWS AND 
SPECULATION, 73 DE TA1DX

     THERE IS NO SUCH HAM RADIO LICENSES CANCELLATION IN TURKEY. DE TA2EE

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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:
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