TRT World

TRT World
Country	Turkey
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Ulus, Ankara, Turkey
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	16:9
Ownership
Owner	TRT
Sister channels	TRT 1; TRT 2; TRT 3; TRT 4; TRT Cocuk;
History
Launched	18 May 2015; (test broadcast); 30 June 2015
Replaced	TRT International
Links
Website	www.trtworld.com
Availability
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]

^ Sigismondi, Paolo (25 July 2019). World Entertainment Media: Global, Regional and Local Perspectives. Taylor & Francis. pp. 256–. ISBN 978-1-351-60370-6.
^ Associated Press (13 January 2023). "Turkey summons Swedish envoy over 'heinous' protest action". Taiwan News. Retrieved 14 July 2024. 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.
^ AFP News (3 June 2015). "Erdogan threatens paper over Syrian arms video". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 July 2024. "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.
^ Sözeri, Efe Kerem (31 May 2017). "These fake 'fact-checkers' are peddling lies about genocide and censorship in Turkey". Poynter Institute. Retrieved 14 July 2024. 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.
^ Asani, Rose (18 November 2016). "President Erdogan's media mouthpiece aims to woo the west". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ McPhail, Thomas L.; Phipps, Steven (11 October 2019). Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-52224-9.
^ ^a ^b Srivastava, Mehul; Mance, Henry (11 March 2016). "Turkish TV station aims to switch western views". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2018. "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.
^ Schaffer, Aaron (19 March 2020). "Justice Department ordered Turkish TV station to register as foreign agent". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ Roettgers, Janko (22 November 2017). "How Turkey's TRT World Wants to Win Over U.S. Online Video Viewers (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "2020 World Press Freedom Index". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[Sigismondi2019-1] Sigismondi, Paolo (25 July 2019). World Entertainment Media: Global, Regional and Local Perspectives. Taylor & Francis. pp. 256–. ISBN 978-1-351-60370-6.

[2] Associated Press (13 January 2023). "Turkey summons Swedish envoy over 'heinous' protest action". Taiwan News. Retrieved 14 July 2024. 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.

[3] AFP News (3 June 2015). "Erdogan threatens paper over Syrian arms video". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 July 2024. "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.

[4] Sözeri, Efe Kerem (31 May 2017). "These fake 'fact-checkers' are peddling lies about genocide and censorship in Turkey". Poynter Institute. Retrieved 14 July 2024. 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.

[Asani_2016-5] Asani, Rose (18 November 2016). "President Erdogan's media mouthpiece aims to woo the west". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[6] McPhail, Thomas L.; Phipps, Steven (11 October 2019). Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-52224-9.

[:0-7] Srivastava, Mehul; Mance, Henry (11 March 2016). "Turkish TV station aims to switch western views". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2018. "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.

[Schaffer_2020-03-19-8] Schaffer, Aaron (19 March 2020). "Justice Department ordered Turkish TV station to register as foreign agent". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[VarietyRoettgers-9] Roettgers, Janko (22 November 2017). "How Turkey's TRT World Wants to Win Over U.S. Online Video Viewers (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[10] "2020 World Press Freedom Index". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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