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- ↑ "İMC TV de kapatıldı" [IMC TV was also closed] (in Turkish). BBC World Service. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "Turkey police shut down pro-Kurdish TV channel live on air". Gulf News . 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ Region, The. "Jin TV, a new Kurdish station dedicated to women". theregion.org. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
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