Bayrak
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Native name | Bayrak Radyo Televizyon Kurumu |
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| Founded | 25 December 1963 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Meryem Özkurt (General Manager) Salih Can Doratli (Chairman) |
| Owner | Government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
| Website | www |
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Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation (
History
The establishment of BRT dates back to the events of December 1963 when intercommunal violence between the Greek and Turkish communities effectively ended the cooperative Republic of Cyprus splitting the island into two as north and south. Until that time, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) was run by Greek Cypriots with minority participation by Turkish Cypriots, who had no independent news source and had to depart from CyBC as the inter communal issues became more violent.
Bayrak Radio was established on 25 December 1963 to voice the cause of
By 1966 Bayrak Radio was broadcasting in Turkish, English and Greek on a single channel. After that, it had expanded to broadcast through two channels. Despite its limited means, Radio Bayrak continued to be the voice of Turkish Cypriots. Following the Turkish Military Invasion in 1974, after a Coup d’etat by the Greek Army, the Cypriot National Guard and the Greek Military Junta of 1967-1974 in Cyprus, Bayrak Radio was restructured into a corporation.
Carrying out its first black and white television broadcast on 19 July 1976 - with studio equipment dismantled and brought in from
BRTK produces its own news with the aim of distributing information about the Turkish Cypriots throughout the world via satellite, also via the internet. The quality of its internet broadcasting has been increased accordingly. Interested people can read and hear the news in English, Greek, Russian, German, and Arabic on certain hours of the day.
BRTK has been autonomous since 1983.
In addition to the Turkish language BRT 1 and the mainly English language BRT 2 Television channels, BRTK also operates five radio stations: Bayrak Radio, Bayrak FM, Bayrak International, Bayrak Classic FM and Bayrak Turkish Music.
BRTK launched its internet website in 1997. In addition to the internet, BRT 1 TV, Bayrak Radio and Bayrak International can be watched and listened internationally via satellite.
Programming information
BRTK broadcasts
Bayrak Radio transmits on three stations: Channel I for broadcasts in Turkish, Channel II for foreign language programmes (mainly English and Greek), and Channel III for music.
Online services
Bayrak's web site now has live feeds that enable internet users to watch Bayrak TV and listen to Bayrak radio channels.
Republic of Cyprus attitude to BRTK
The internationally recognised