Eutelsat took Newroz off air on October 11 at the behest of the Turkish audiovisual authority (RTUK), which accuses the station of having links with the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an organisation branded terrorists by Turkey, the European Union and the United States of America.
Ankara apsūdz televīzijas kanālu sakaros ar kurdu bruņoto separātistu grupējumu Kurdistānas strādnieku partija (PKK), kas kā teroristiska organizācija ir aizliegts ne tikai Turcijā, bet arī Eiropas Savienībā (ES) un ASV.