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TRT World

TRT World is a Turkish state international news channel. The channel broadcasts around the clock each day. English is the primary broadcasting language throughout the 24 hours of broadcast each day. TRT World news channel has their headquarters in one of the major Turkish cities, Istanbul. The channel was launched on May 18th of 2015 and they aired their first broadcast over a month later on June 30th the same year. The news channel is owned by the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation from which their abbreviation TRT originates. The worldwide accessible news channel practices on the slogan ‘Where News Inspires Change.’ The channel’s activity can be through satellite, cable, IPTV and streaming media. Since its inception, TRT World has registered massive growth in the media business so much that it was nominated for several awards in 2018. Some of these awards include:

·        App of the year

·        Technology Leader of the year

·        Social Media Team of the year

·        Technical Innovation of the year

·        Breaking News Story of the year (TRT World, n.d.).

The broadcasting enterprise is soaring every day as trying to maintain their credibility by staying independent from the Turkish government in any way. This helps them maintain the press freedom and editorial neutrality that the masses deserve. This was a point the managing director tried to prove during the 2016 Turkish coup attempt indicating that they received no call from the Turkish capital, Ankara trying to frame the media house of give them talking points. However, the media house has not been spared the public eye and restrictions due to security related operations. In 2019, TRT World was censored by Twitter during the Syria operation. This was during the mass censoring of Turkish media and the national’s outlets during the northern Syria operation. The Turkish government during this time was involved in clearing YPG/PKK terrorists off their long Southern boarder and form a safe region to be occupied by the victims of the war in Syria. The disappointment of the channel’s fraternity was expressed by the editor-in-chief of TRT International Channels, Serdar Karagoz. “The Truth hurts,” he said. The management at TRT International Channels did not take this kindly and led them to believe that Twitter definitely serves a certain ideology.

The channel’s ratings today stand at 2.7 stars with an approval percentage of 37%. These low ratings have been a result of them being a propaganda engine that succumbs easily to political pressure due to its inept management. The channel has also been labeled to encourage gender and racial discrimination, nepotism, and other forms of favoritism. Many have said that they pay low wages and that getting a promotion at TRT Word is close to impossible. Despite all these the channel has also managed to trim the working days and maintain the right mindset and great professionalism. This strive has seen them continue to grow their audience all around the world and most notably in Europe and the United States.