CNN Türk

CNN Türk
Launched October 11, 1999
Owned by Doğan Media Group (50%)
Turner Broadcasting System Europe (50%)
Picture format 16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Country Turkey
Language Turkish
Broadcast area Turkey
Headquarters Istanbul
Sister channel(s) Kanal D, Dream TV
Website www.cnnturk.com
Availability
Digiturk Channel 42
D-Smart Channel 30
Turksat 3A 11804 V 24444 5/6
Cable
Turksat Kablo TV S22
Teledünya Channel 49
Satellite radio
Turksat 3A 11804 V 24444 5/6
IPTV
Tivibu Channel 59
Streaming media
Watch live http://video.cnnturk.com/canli-yayin

CNN Türk is the Turkish version of the cable news channel CNN. CNN Türk is a nationwide channel broadcasting since October 11, 1999. It broadcasts exclusively in Turkey and is owned by Turner Broadcasting System Europe and Doğan Medya Grubu. Its headquarters are in Istanbul.

Notable anchors

Controversy

CNN Turk was one of the Turkish news channels which were criticized for not covering the 2013–14 protests in Turkey. On June 2, 2013 at 1am, CNN Turk was broadcasting a documentary on penguins while CNN International was showing live coverage of the protests in Turkey.[1]

"[On the afternoon of Friday, May 31, 2013] CNN Turk was broadcasting a food show, featuring the “flavors of Niğde.” Other major Turkish news channels were showing a dance contest and a roundtable on study-abroad programs. It was a classic case of the revolution not being televised. The whole country seemed to be experiencing a cognitive disconnect, with Twitter saying one thing, the government saying another, and the television off on another planet."[2]

In 2014, it showed a documentary on bees as Turkish Kurds undertook major protests about Ankara's refusal to support Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State in Kobanê.[3]

On 15 July 2016 CNN Turk was forced off air by soldiers during the 2016 Turkish coup attempt.

References

  1. ↑ Fleishman, Cooper (June 2, 2013). "CNN-Turk airs penguin documentary during Istanbul riots". dailydot.com. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ The New Yorker, 1 June 2013, Occupy Gezi: Police Against Protesters in Istanbul
  3. ↑ Cockburn, Patrick (2014). "Whose side is Turkey on?". London Review of Books. 36 (21): 8–10. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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