Al Jazeera has launched a new Turkish online service ahead of a full television channel launch from Istanbul. The service, known as Al Jazeera Türk, will follow its initial digital launch with a TV channel, based in Topkapi, Istanbul. The new channel will join existing Al Jazeera news services in Arabic, English, and local Balkan […]
Al Jazeera has launched a new Turkish online service ahead of a full television channel launch from Istanbul. The service, known as Al Jazeera Türk, will follow its initial digital launch with a TV channel, based in Topkapi, Istanbul. The new channel will join existing Al Jazeera news services in Arabic, English, and local Balkan languages.
Yaser Bishr, Executive Director, Strategy and Development at Al Jazeera said: “Al Jazeera Türk is an important new member to the Al Jazeera Network, serving an important geopolitical market. To launch on digital first continues Al Jazeera’s tradition of innovation.
Initially the service will be available from the portal aljazeera.com.tr. No date has yet been set for television transmission, but the channel is aiming for a large pool of viewers.
Commenting on the new launch, Al Jazeera Türks MD Ismail Kizilbay said: We have defined our target audience as any geography where Turkish is spoken Turkey in particular, which means ro
ughly 130 -140 million people in Europe, Balkans, Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East.
