Voice of Turkey

Voice of Turkey (Türkiye'nin Sesi Radyosu) is the international service of Turkish state radio on shortwave, Turksat 3A satellite and the internet. All the broadcasts are transmitted from single site near Emirler, Ankara Province. (39.4016°N, 32.8558°W).

It is broadcast 24 hours a day, targeting Turkish nationals living abroad and those of Turkish origin. Its schedule mainly includes news, music, educational and cultural programmes.

Its transmissions start with a piano tune in the hicaz makam.

Languages
The Voice of Turkey is broadcast on a daily basis for a total duration of 58 hours in 27 languages, with each service carrying cultural, music and news programmes:


 * Arabic
 * Armenian
 * Azerbaijani
 * Bulgarian
 * Chinese
 * Dari
 * English
 * French
 * Georgian
 * German
 * Hausa
 * Italian
 * Japanese
 * Kazakh
 * Malay
 * Pashto
 * Kurdish
 * Russian
 * Spanish
 * Swahili
 * Turkmen
 * Turkish
 * Urdu
 * Uyghur
 * Uzbek

English language broadcast times
As of 10 April 2021, broadcasts are as follows. Shortwave frequencies are listed at the beginning of the broadcast.


 * 0300-0400 UTC (pre-recorded)
 * 1630–1730 UTC
 * 1830–1930 UTC
 * 2030–2130 UTC
 * 2200–2300 UTC (pre-recorded)