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Country | Turkey |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters | Ulus, Ankara, Turkey |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Ownership | |
Owner | TRT |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 18 May 2015 (test broadcast) 30 June 2015 |
Replaced | TRT International |
Links | |
Website | www |
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Streaming media | |
trtworld.com | Watch live |
TRT World is a Turkish public broadcaster which broadcasts in English 24 hours a day and is operated by the TRT and based in the Ulus quarter of Ankara. It provides worldwide news and current affairs focusing on Turkey, Europe, Africa, and Western and Southern Asia.[1] In addition to its headquarters based in Ankara, TRT World has broadcasting centres and studios in Washington, D.C. and London. It is a member of the Association for International Broadcasting.
The network has received criticism for failing to meet accepted journalism ethics and standards for independence and objectivity, with some commentators especially in the West calling it state media[2][3] or a propaganda arm of the Erdoğan administration.[4][5][6] TRT World claims that it is financially and editorially independent from the administration, and that its news gathering is just like those of other publicly funded broadcasters around the world, with a mission to show a non-Turkish audience events from Turkey's viewpoint.[7][8][9] According to Reporters Without Borders, Turkey in 2023 ranked 165th out of 180 countries in press freedom.[10][7]
Turkey has summoned the Swedish ambassador to convey Ankara's displeasure after a mannequin depicting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was hung outside the city hall in Stockholm, state broadcaster TRT reported.
"The slander against the [Turkish] National Intelligence Organization [MIT] and the illegitimate operation [against MIT trucks] is an espionage activity at one point," Erdogan told state-run TRT television late on Sunday.
Turkey's English-language media outlets, such as public broadcaster TRT World TV and the pro-government newspaper Daily Sabah pursue the same objective — improving Turkey's image abroad— said Koray Kaplıca, also an editor at DogrulukPayi. But in the name of "national interest" these outlets can turn into pure propaganda tools for the ruling party.
"There has [for many years] been a need for a broadcast channel delivering the events to the world from a different perspective, which presents Turkey's own viewpoint," says Ibrahim Eren, head of broadcasting for TRT. [...] In 2015 Reporters without Borders(opens a new window) ranked Turkey 149th in the world for press freedom, behind South Sudan and Palestine.