IMC TV () was a Turkish nationwide TV channel launched on 1 May 2011.Susae Elanchenny, Narod Maraşlıyan, Breaking the Ice: The Role of Civil Society and Media in Turkey-Armenia Relations, GPoT, p26 Presenters included Nuray MertTalin Suciyan, The Armenian Weekly, 20 June 2011, Suciyan: The Elections in Turkey: An Assessment and ., 30 May 2013, Turkey’s Kurdish Policies Complicate Ties With Iran, Iraq Al-Monitor In 2011 it hosted a talk show series called Gamurç // Köprü ("Bridge" in Armenian and Turkish) - the first of its kind in Turkey focussing exclusively on Armenian-Turkish relations.
In March 2013 IMC hired Michelle Demishevich, Turkey's first transgender TV reporter.bianet, 2 April 2013, Turkey's First Trans TV Reporter Reveals Her Story
During the 2013 protests in Turkey, a camera man for IMC was attacked with a tear gas cartridge fired directly at him,Committee to Protect Journalists, 5 June 2013, In Turkey, threats to restrict Internet, journalists attacked and IMC's Gökhan Biçici (editor of Emek Dünyası) was beaten and detained.
It was shut down under the emergency statutory decree issued in the aftermath of the 15 July failed coup d'état, alongside 11 other television and 11 radio stations, on 4 October 2016 when police raided the television station's headquarters in Istanbul.
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