Samanyolu TV was one of the televisions that broadcasting was stopped by the regime before 15 July and shut down after a trustee was appointed. Kursat Ulkat, a former employee of the Channel, died in a traffic accident. While Kursat Ulkat was a Samanyolu TV employee, he became unemployed due to the closure of the Channel and had a challenging period of time.
Ulkat started working somewhere. He was called on duty from his workplace. Ulkat had an accident at the exit of the tunnel as a result of losing his steering control while going from Kisikli Street to Uskudar. Journalist Ulkat, a father of 2, graduated from Ege University Faculty of Communication, died 39 days later in the hospital, where he was taken with severe injuries.