Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
Turkish national public broadcaster
Follow Turkish Radio and Television Corporation on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| December 2024 | TRT Persian was launched, targeting Iranian and international Persian-speaking audiences, with TRT director-general Zahid Sobacı emphasizing the channel's strategic importance. |
| 2023 | ATV topped the most viewed television channels in Turkey with a 11.06% share of total viewing, leading the rankings for the year. |
| May 9 2023 | TRT Diyanet Children's channel started its test broadcast. |
| 2022 | Approximately 100 Turkish TV series were exported to 150 countries, highlighting the significant growth of Turkey's TV export industry. |
| January 2022 | The 2% TRT tax on electricity bills was discontinued, changing the organization's funding structure. |
| 2020 | Digital broadcasts began testing with the construction of new digital transmitters in Çamlıca Tower and Çanakkale TV Tower, representing a renewed effort to establish digital terrestrial television infrastructure. |
| September 2019 | TRT Spor+ launched as an alternate channel to TRT Spor. |
| February 2019 | TRT 2 relaunched after its previous shutdown. |
| January 2018 | TRT celebrated its 50th anniversary with special broadcasts featuring old idents and news studio logos. |
| July 2016 | During the coup attempt, TRT offices in Istanbul and Ankara were raided by soldiers, and news anchor Tijen Karas was forced to read a coup declaration live on TV. |
| February 2015 | TRT 4K launched as Turkey's first Ultra HD television channel. |
| 2014 | The previously awarded DTT license was cancelled after the AYM (Constitutional Court) upheld a complaint against the licensing process. |
| 2013 | Turkish broadcasting regulator awarded a digital terrestrial television license to a firm, signaling progress in digital broadcasting development. |
| May 19 2012 | TRT 1 HD started simulcasting with TRT 1 upscaled to full HD 16:9 DVB-S2 standard. |
| 2010 | The Ministry of Customs and Trade began providing growing support to the film and television sector to promote exports. |
| May 2010 | TRT Haber launched, focusing on news, current affairs, sports news, and weather. |
| March 2010 | TRT 2 shut down temporarily. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Television in Turkey & Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.