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Turkey's media regulator votes to order DW to obtain license

The logo of German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle is pictured in Berlin, on Jan 30, 2020. [Reuters]

Turkey's media regulator has voted to order the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, or DW, to obtain a broadcast license for its Turkish-language website.

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK) ruled on the move Wednesday in a majority vote, saying the German broadcaster must comply with a Turkish licensing regulation that came into force in 2019.

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