Game show off air amid corruption scandal

A popular game show that was punished for its subtle support of last summer’s anti-government protests appears once again to have become the victim of Turkish media censorship as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government scrambles to contain a corruption scandal.

In an episode of 'Kelime Oyunu' ('Word Game') that aired shortly after the scandal broke earlier this month, a contestant was asked to guess a six-letter slang word for someone who takes bribes – an apparent reference to the scandal which led to the arrests of two government ministers’ sons on bribery charges.