About TRT

The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) is Türkiye’s national public broadcaster, established in 1964 with its first television broadcast in 1968. TRT became a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1972 and joined the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in 2004.

TRT operates 17 television channels—five of which are in HD—and 17 radio stations, offering diverse content including general entertainment, music, sports, children’s programming, and news. TRT broadcasts in multiple languages, including Turkish, English, Arabic, Azeri, and Kurdish. All TRT channels are regulated by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) and adhere to the European Convention on Transfrontier Television.

For more information, please visit the TRT website.

TRT is member of following organizations:

National

• Medya Derneği
• Televizyon Yayıncıları Derneği
• Musiki Eseri Sahipleri Grubu Meslek Birliği
• Radyo Televizyon Gazetecileri Derneği
• Basın İlan Kurumu
• Bağlantılı Hak Sahibi Fonogram Yapımcıları Meslek Birliği
• Radyo Televizyon Yayıncıları Meslek Birliği
• İnteraktif Reklamcılık Derneği
• Televizyon İzleyici Araştırmaları Anonim Şirketi
• Ankara Ticaret Odası
• Reklam Özdenetim Kurulu

International

• ABU (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union)
• EBU (European Broadcasting Union)
• AUB (African Union of Broadcasting)
• COPEAM (Permanent Conference of Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators)
• CMCA (Mediterranean Center for Audiovisual Communication)
• AIB (Association for International Broadcasting)
• CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle)
• HFCC (High Frequency Co-ordination Conference)
• ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
• CEPT (Conference of European Posts and Telegraphs)
• FIAT/IFTA (International Federation of Television Archives)