TRT Avaz

TRT Avaz
CountryTurkey
Broadcast areaKızılay Square, Çankaya, Kızılay, Ankara
Programming
Language(s)Turkic
Russian
Picture format16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerTRT
Sister channelsTRT 1
TRT 2
TRT 3
TRT 4
TRT Haber
TRT Spor
TRT Türk
TRT Çocuk
TRT World
TRT Arabi
TRT Kurdî
TRT Müzik
History
Launched27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)
Links
Websitetrtavaz.com.tr
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T2 (Kyrgyzstan)MUX 2

TRT Avaz (formerly TRT Türk) is a channel broadcast by the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation with focusing on Turkey and Balkans. It was launched in Turkey on 21 March 2009 and broadcasts throughout the Balkans, Turkic Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Caucasus.

Programs are televised in Azeri, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar and Uzbek with Turkish-language subtitles, and include documentaries, talk shows, culture and music programs as well as region-specific films and soap operas. Audiences also have the opportunity to learn Turkish through tutorials.

The channel's name was announced by President Abdullah Gül as "Avaz", a word that means "voice" in many Central Asian languages.