IMC TV

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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2011|5|1|df=y}}

| closed_date = {{End date and age|2016|10|4|df=y}}

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| owner = Katılım Medya

| country = Turkey

| language = Turkish

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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20020306050555/http://www.imc-tv.com/ www.imc-tv.com]

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IMC TV ({{langx|tr|İMC TV}}) was a Turkish nationwide TV channel launched on 1 May 2011.Susae Elanchenny, Narod Maraşlıyan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9chOD205h2YC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26 Breaking the Ice: The Role of Civil Society and Media in Turkey-Armenia Relations], GPoT, p26 Presenters included Nuray MertTalin Suciyan, The Armenian Weekly, 20 June 2011, [http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/06/20/suciyan-the-elections-in-turkey-an-assessment/ Suciyan: The Elections in Turkey: An Assessment] and {{Interlanguage link multi|Fehim Taştekin|tr}}.{{Interlanguage link multi|Fehim Taştekin|tr}}, 30 May 2013, [http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/turkey-kurdish-policies-complicate-iran-iraq.html Turkey’s Kurdish Policies Complicate Ties With Iran, Iraq] Al-Monitor In 2011 it hosted a talk show series called Gamurç // Köprü ("Bridge" in Armenian and Turkish) - the first of its kind in Turkey focussing exclusively on Armenian-Turkish relations.

In March 2013 IMC hired Michelle Demishevich, Turkey's first transgender TV reporter.bianet, 2 April 2013, [http://www.bianet.org/english/gender/145530-turkey-s-first-trans-tv-reporter-reveals-her-story Turkey's First Trans TV Reporter Reveals Her Story]

During the 2013 protests in Turkey, a camera man for IMC was attacked with a tear gas cartridge fired directly at him,Committee to Protect Journalists, 5 June 2013, [https://www.cpj.org/2013/06/in-turkey-threats-to-restrict-internet-journalists.php#more In Turkey, threats to restrict Internet, journalists attacked] and IMC's Gökhan Biçici (editor of Emek Dünyası) was beaten and detained.{{cite web|url=http://www.emekdunyasi.net/ed/toplum-yasam/21553-emek-dunyasi-editoru-gokhan-bicici-gozaltinda|title=Emek Dünyası :: Emek Dünyası editörü Gökhan Biçici gözaltında darp edildi|accessdate=14 October 2016|archive-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019000405/http://www.emekdunyasi.net/ed/toplum-yasam/21553-emek-dunyasi-editoru-gokhan-bicici-gozaltinda|url-status=dead}}{{cite tweet|user=hamzaaktan|author=Hamza Aktan|number=346354141938982913|date=16 June 2013|title=Polis, gazeteci arkadaşımız Gökhan Biçici'yi darp etti, yerlerde sürükledi... Gökhan hala gözaltında...}}

It was shut down under the emergency statutory decree issued in the aftermath of the 15 July failed coup d'état, alongside 11 other television and 11 radio stations, on 4 October 2016 when police raided the television station's headquarters in Istanbul.{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=238&nID=104577&NewsCatID=341|title=Police raid TV station over 'terror propaganda,' cut broadcast - LOCAL|date=4 October 2016 |accessdate=14 October 2016}}{{cite news|title=İMC TV de kapatıldı|trans-title=IMC TV was also closed|url=http://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-37517516|publisher=BBC World Service|date=30 September 2016|accessdate=4 October 2016|language=tr}}{{cite news |title=Turkey police shut down pro-Kurdish TV channel live on air |newspaper=Gulf News |url=https://gulfnews.com/news/mena/turkey/turkey-police-shut-down-pro-kurdish-tv-channel-live-on-air-1.1906713 |date=4 October 2016|accessdate=4 October 2016 }}