Country | Turkey |
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Broadcast area | Bahçelievler, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey Taksim Square, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey |
Affiliates | Radyo 1 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Turkish |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Turkish Radio and Television Corporation |
Sister channels | TRT 2 TRT 3 TRT World TRT Haber TRT Spor TRT Spor Yildiz TRT Avaz TRT Çocuk TRT Belgesel TRT Müzik TRT Arabi TRT Türk TRT Kurdî TRT 4K TRT EBA TV TBMM TV |
History | |
Launched | 31 January 1968 |
Former names | Ankara Television (1968–1986) Izmir Television (1970–1986) Istanbul Television (1971–1986) TV1 (1986–1992) |
Links | |
Website | trt1 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Analogue or Digital | Various location |
Streaming media | |
TRT 1 Live | Live TRT 1 |
TRT 1 (TRT One) is the first Turkish national television channel, owned by state broadcaster TRT. It was officially launched on 31 January 1968 as a test broadcast. It was the only channel with the logo TV1 in Turkey until 15 September 1986, when TRT launched TRT 2 using the logo TV2. It is also available in Azerbaijan on terrestrial television.
On 19 May 2012, it started broadcasting on 16:9 aspect ratio and launched its own HD simulcast feed.
TRT 1 is Turkish general TV channel, available as free-to-air through Turksat satellite, Digitürk, D-Smart, Türksat Cable TV, Tivibu or in neighbored countries via foreign cable platform.