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Kanal 7

Kanal 7 is a Turkish television channel with documented links to Islamist political parties, including the ruling Justice and Development Party. Through 2015 the opening stated, "It is an Islamic/Islamist channel with links to Islamist parties including the current Justice and Development Party." Today's opening calls it only "a Turkish Free-to-air nationwide Islamic TV channel," and the word islamist appears nowhere in the article. A reader arriving now does not learn that the channel has documented ties to Islamist political parties, including Turkey's ruling party.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “islamist” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included.
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Kanal 7 ( ) is a Turkish nationwide TV channel established in 1994.1 It is an Islamic/Islamist channel with links to Islamist parties including the current Justice and Development Party . It has a terrestrial broadcast licence and is available throughout Turkey, as well as via satellite.2 From 1995 to 1997 Ayşe Önal hosted a discussion show Minefield on Kanal 7 which brought together Jews, Armenians and Turks five days a week in a way not previously seen on Turkish television.

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Today
“islamist” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

turkish nationwide tv channel established in 1994

Now

turkish free-to-air nationwide islamic tv channel established and on 27 july 1994

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