"Recently, the Turkish broadcasting sector – an affluent TV landscape with more than 400 TV stations of which 23 are national and 16 are regional ones, has been controlled largely by a handful of conglomerates with a variety of “interests”. Among these interests the political ones are evident, as well as their implications on the nature of “politics” in the country ... The article discusses the bitter relationship between media, politics and the public sphere ..." (Quoted from paper)