Television in Turkey

TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation)

Television in Turkey was introduced in 1968 by the government media provider TRT. Back then it was the only channel with the name of TRT 1, and it broadcasted in several times of the dateline. Today, TRT has many channels around the country. The channels are:

Category Channel Broadcasting Area General TRT 1 All Areas News & Culture TRT 2 All Areas Sports TRT 3 (diffusion with TBMM TV and TRT Gap) All Areas Parliament TBMM TV (diffusion with TRT 3 and TRT Gap) All Areas Local Projects TRT Gap (diffusion with TRT 3 and TBMM TV) All Areas Folk Music & Documentaries TRT 4 (diffusion with TRT Çocuk) All Areas Children TRT Çocuk (diffusion with TRT 4) All Areas Local Programmes TRT 5 Anadolu Only Satellite via Turksat Turkic People TRT Avaz Only Satellite via Turksat International TRT Türk All Areas Documentaries TRT Turizm ve Belgesel Some Areas Music TRT Müzik Only Satellite via Turksat

List of Television Stations

Contents
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• ATA TV
• Actionmax (Digiturk)
• Akdeniz TV (Regional)
• Alo Arkadaş (Chat)
• Animal Planet Turkey (Documentary)
• Aquavision
• Avrasya Radyo Televizyonu|ART (Avrasya Radyo Televizyonu)
• ASTV [1]
• ATV (owned by Çalık family, who also owns the newspaper, Sabah)
• ATV Avrupa
• Akilli TV (Digiturk)

B

• BJK TV [2] (Channel of Beşiktaş J.K. sports club)
• BTV

C

• Çay TV (Regional)
• Cem TV
• Cine5
• CNBC-e (Economy, News Channel)
• CNN TÜRK (News Channel)
• ComedyMax (Digiturk)

D

• D Çocuk
• D Dizi
• D Max
• D Plus
• D Sinemax
• D Yeşilçam
• Discovery Channel Turkey (Digiturk) (Documentary)
• Disney Channel Turkey
• DiziMax (Digiturk)
• Doğu TV (Regional,Erzurum )
• Dost TV
• DEHA TV (Regional)
• DRT(Regional)
• Dream Türk[3] (Music)
• Dream TV
• Düğün TV
• Düzgün TV

E

• e2
• Edirne TV (Regional)
• Ege TV (Regional)
• El Max
• Euro D
• Euro Star
• Euro Türk
• Expo Channel TV (Economy, News Channel)
• Eyilik TV (Regional)
• Eurosport (Both in English and Turkish on Digital Platform)

F

• FamilyMax (Digiturk)
• Fashion TV Türkiye (Moda)
• FB TV (Channel of Fenerbahçe S.K. sports club)
• Finest TV (Regional)
• Flash TV
• Fox Sports Türkiye (Digiturk)
• Fox Turkey (formerly TGRT)
• Fox Kids

G

• GoldMax (Digiturk), formerly known as PrimeMax
• GoldMax 2 (Digiturk), formerly known as PrimeMax 2
• Galatasaray TV (D-Smart,Turksat 1C) Galatasaray SK's official TV channel

H

• Haber 7 (News Channel)
• Haber Türk (News Channel)
• Haberde Ne Var? (Digiturk) (Defunct)
• Halay TV (Regional) (Music)
• Hallmark Channel Turkey (Digiturk)
• Hazir Kart Salon 2 (Digiturk)
• Hilal TV (Regional)
• Home TV (Digiturk)

I

• Iz TV (Digiturk)

J

• Jetix Play (Digiturk)
• Jetix Turkey (Digiturk)
• Jojo TV (Digiturk)

K

• Kanal 1
• Kanal 33 (Regional-Mersin)
• Kanal 55 (Regional-Samsun)
• Kanal 7
• Kanal 7 International
• Kanal A
• Kanal B (News)
• Kanal C (Regional) (Music)
• Kanal D (belongs to the same media group as that of the papers Hürriyet and Milliyet)
• Kanal Türk
• Karadeniz TV (Regional)
• Kibris Genç TV (Regional)
• Klas TV (Music)
• Kon TV (Regional)
• Kral TV (Turkey's first music channel)
• Kanal 25 (Regional-Erzurum)

L

• Lig TV (Digiturk)

M

• Maxi TV
• Mehtap TV[4] (Regional)
• Meltem TV (Regional)
• Memleketim TV (Digiturk)
• Merkez TV (Regional)
• Mesaj TV
• MGM Movies (Digiturk)
• MMC (Regional) (MegaMusic TV)
• Mobil Arena TV
• Mobil Arkadas
• MovieMax 1 (Digiturk) (Turkey's first dedicated movie channel)
• MovieMax 2 (Digiturk)
• MTV Türkiye (Music)

N

• NTV Europe (News Channel)
• NTV Turkey (News Channel)
• Number 1 TV (Music)
• Nur TV (Regional)
• National Geographic Channel (Documentary)
• NBA TV
• Ntvspor

O

• Olay TV

P

• Phoenix CNE
• Platform TV
• Power Turk TV (Music)

R

• RetroMax (Digiturk)

S

• S'Nek (Digiturk)
• Salon 3 (Digiturk)
• Salon Aktif (Digiturk)
• Samanyolu TV (STV)
• Samanyolu TV World
• Samanyolu Haber TV
• Sesli Arkadas Servisi
• Sevince TV (Regional)
• Shopping TV
• Show MAX
• Show Turk
• Show TV (owned by Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, boss of Turkish GSM provider Turkcell)
• Showroom (Digiturk)
• Showtime Turkey (Digiturk)
• SineKlasik 1 (DigiFunClub)
• SineKlasik 2 (DigiFunClub)
• Sky Turk (News channel)
• Star TV
• SUN TV

T

• T & R Channel (Regional)
• Tatlises TV (Music)
• Technology Channel
• TGRT (FOX)
• TGRT EU
• TGRT Haber (News channel)
• TGRT Pazarlama
• TJK TV (Horse racing)
• Turkish Radio and Television Corporation - TRT (National broadcaster)
  • TRT 1
  • TRT 2 (News channel)
  • TRT 3 (Sports channel)
  • TRT 4
  • TRT 6
  • TRT Çocuk
  • TRT Gap
  • TRT International
  • TRT Türk
• Türk Ç (Music)
• Turkcell Salon 1 (Digiturk)
• Turkiye Jokey Kulubu
• TV5 Turkiye
• TV8 Turkey (News channel)
• Türkmax

U

• Ulusal Kanal (Regional)

V

• V!VA (Music)
• VH1 (Digiturk)
• VTV Antalya

X

• X TV (Digiturk)

Y

• Yeni TV (Regional)
• Yeditepe TV (Regional)
• Yumurcak TV

Z

• Zile TV (Regional)

See also

• Digital television in Turkey
• Lists of television channels

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