Samanyolu TV

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Samanyolu Televizyonu (STV)

Country	Turkey
Broadcast area	Turkey and International
Headquarters	Çamlıca, Üsküdar, Istanbul
Programming
Language(s)	Turkish
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Samanyolu Yayıncılık A.Ş.
History
Launched	January 13, 1993
Closed	April 30, 2016
Links
Website	samanyolu.tv t.me/samanyolu_tv

Samanyolu TV was an international Turkish language TV station with its headquarters in Istanbul.

The channel is known for its closeness to Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the Gülen movement. Samanyolu TV was previously owned by Yayıncılık A.Ş. Yayıncılık A.Ş. is a media company that operates radio and television broadcasting, publication and distribution of newspapers. The first satellite service for Samanyolu TV was aired towards Central Asia. Samanyolu TV proceeded into North America by 1999, with Türksat as its new mainstream satellite operator. Samanyolu TV later created two official websites for people of Turkish origin, both North American audiences, and Turkish audiences.^[1] The two websites also included online streaming (Canlı Yayın) and social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube in 2005–2013.