TRT STARTS BROADCASTS IN KURDISH, ARMENIAN
Today's Zaman
April 3 2009
Turkey
Following the launch this year of TRT Tet, Turkey's first official
Kurdish-language television station, the Turkish Radio and Television
Corporation (TRT) has announced that it has started radio broadcasts
in Kurdish and Armenian.
Releasing a written statement on Thursday, TRT announced that the
Radio 6 station, which will broadcast in Kurdish 24 hours a day,
started broadcasting on Wednesday. The statement also noted that
Turkey's Voice Radio station on Thursday started broadcasting in
Armenian for one hour a day, between 7 and 7:30 a.m. and 6 and 6:30
p.m. Radio 6 and Turkey's Voice Radio stations can be followed via
the TURKSAT satellite and the Internet.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also recently announced that the
TRT had plans to start an Arabic language channel, adding that the
preparations have almost been completed.
Today's Zaman
April 3 2009
Turkey
Following the launch this year of TRT Tet, Turkey's first official
Kurdish-language television station, the Turkish Radio and Television
Corporation (TRT) has announced that it has started radio broadcasts
in Kurdish and Armenian.
Releasing a written statement on Thursday, TRT announced that the
Radio 6 station, which will broadcast in Kurdish 24 hours a day,
started broadcasting on Wednesday. The statement also noted that
Turkey's Voice Radio station on Thursday started broadcasting in
Armenian for one hour a day, between 7 and 7:30 a.m. and 6 and 6:30
p.m. Radio 6 and Turkey's Voice Radio stations can be followed via
the TURKSAT satellite and the Internet.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also recently announced that the
TRT had plans to start an Arabic language channel, adding that the
preparations have almost been completed.