Launched October 11, 1999 Country Turkey Broadcast area Turkey | Picture format HD (1080i, HDTV) Language Turkish | |
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Owned by Doğan Media Group (50%)
Turner Broadcasting System Europe (50%) | ||
CNN Türk is the Turkish affiliate of the cable news channel CNN that was launched to air on October 11, 1999. It broadcasts exclusively for Turkey and it is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System Europe and Doğan Medya Grubu. Its headquarters are in Istanbul.
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CNN Turk was one of the Turkish news channels which were criticised for not covering the 2013–14 protests in Turkey. On June 2, 2013 at 1:00am, CNN Turk was broadcasting a documentary on penguins while CNN International was showing live coverage of the protests in Turkey.
"[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."
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.
On 15 July 2016, CNN Turk was forced to shut down by soldiers during the 2016 Turkish coup attempt.