TRT Kurdî
SDTV )
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1 January 2009 |
| Former names | TRT 6 |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
TRT Kurdî is the first national television station that broadcasts in the
Opening and objective
The ban on the Kurdish language in Turkey was lifted in 2001 and legal barriers to broadcast in the language were removed the following year. In 2004, new regulations were passed, following which
In addition, an informal cause of the channel was to reduce the influence of
In the case of TRT 6, Kurdish culture can only exist within the context of the Turkish state, and Kurdish culture is inferior to the larger political framework of the ‘mosaic republic’ in which all citizens are Turkish in the first place.
— Arsan
Reception
Most Kurds reject TRT Kurdî and accuse it of being a propaganda tool to Turkify the Kurdish population.[2] The members of parliament of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) did not attend to the opening of TRT 6 at the time.[1] The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan also didn't support its establishment with Murat Karayilan calling for a boycott of the channel[5] and its imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan viewed it as the American imposition for a solution for the Kurdish-Turkish conflict.[5] OdaTV has also described TRT Kurdî as the most important propaganda tool by the AKP on the Kurds,[6] and Head of the Kurdish Writers' Association Irfan Babaoğlu argued that the station was an attempt to distract Kurds from the lack of overall cultural rights.[2] It has been criticized as portraying the current pro-Kurdish Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) officials in a violent manner in a TV show called Pivaz.[7] In the show, actors play HDP officials of having ties to the Kurdistan Workers Party (which is classified as a terrorist organization by Turkey) or even threatening people who visit the party headquarters of being shot.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "TRT 6 Continues Broadcasting as TRT Kurdî". Bianet (in Turkish). 12 January 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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- ^ "US Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator: Denmark-Based Roj TV is a Terrorist Propaganda Station". Nevin Görgülü. turkishweekly.net. 13 February 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.
- ^ "Kurdish ROJ TV Sparks Debate". Guy Degen. dw.de. 10 December 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.
- ^ a b Guzeldere, Ekrem Eddy (2009-06-22). "Turkey: regional elections and the Kurdish question". Caucasian Review of International Affairs. 3 (3): 291–307.
- ^ "Sahi TRT Kurdi referandumda ne yaptı". Oda TV (in Turkish). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Turkish state-run TV channel TRT Kurdi slanders pro-Kurdish HDP in biased depiction". www.duvarenglish.com. 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
