Launched 2004 Country Turkmenistan | Picture format HDTV Broadcast area Worldwide | |
Owned by Turkmenistan Government Language English
Chinese
French
German
Arabic
Russian | ||
Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistan) is a state-owned Turkmenian television channel founded in 2004. As with other channels of Turkmenistan, it is under the control of the Coordinating Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. The channel was created in order to avail the international community with the achievements of Turkmenistan in the country's historical transformations in all spheres of public life, as well as to further improve the country's information systems. Altyn Asyr has positioned itself as the main TV channel of Turkmenistan. Television is broadcast in seven different languages including Turkmen, Russian, English, French, Chinese, Arabic and Persian. The headquarters is located in Ashgabat. The channel doesn't air Watan Habarlary, unlike the other Turkmen channels.