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| Country | Turkey |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 29 Ekim Avenue, Yenibosna, Bahçelievler, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Turkish |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | İhlas Holding |
| Sister channels | TGRT Haber TGRT Belgesel TGRT EU |
| History | |
| Launched | 22 April 1993 |
| Closed | 24 February 2007 |
| Replaced by | FOX |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
TGRT (initialism of Türkiye Gazete Radyo Televizyon, 'Türkiye Newspaper, Radio, Television') was a Turkish free-to-air television channel. Launched by İhlas Holding as one of Turkey's earliest private television broadcasters on April 22, 1993,[1] it operated until February 2007 when it was replaced by FOX,[2] whose parent company News Corporation had purchased the broadcasting rights of TGRT on July 25, 2006. The sale, which marked the first time a Turkish television channel was sold to foreign capital, included the broadcasting rights and the terrestrial broadcasting frequencies belonging to TGRT, but not the TGRT branding, which continues to exist as the corporate company name.[3] The sister channels TGRT Haber, TGRT EU and TGRT Belgesel also remain with İhlas Holding.
- ^ "About - İhlas Holding A.Ş." İhlas Holding A.Ş. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "TGRT 24 Şubat'tan itibaren FOX'laşıyor". Haber7 (in Turkish). 19 February 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Murdoch, TGRT'ye 98 milyon dolar verdi, Türkiye'ye Ertegün'le girdi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 25 July 2006. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2024.