3 yıl önce

'Voice of Balkan geography': TRT Balkan's vision hailed at launch event

TRT's new digital news platform TRT Balkan has started broadcasting with the aim of covering issues that concern the Balkan people and the region on a global scale.

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Türkiye’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said that TRT Balkan will be one of the carrier elements of the struggle for justice in the Balkan geography.

TRT Balkan, the latest offering of Türkiye’s public broadcaster TRT, is expected to appeal to an audience of more than 30 million people speaking regional languages and become a leading digital news source for them.

The digital platform will publish content for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro in Macedonian, Albanian and BHS (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian) languages.

Speaking at the launch event in the capital city of Ankara on Wednesday, Türkiye’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun wished TRT Balkan success and said he believed it will be a “strong voice of the Balkan geography in the international arena”.

"I believe that TRT Balkan will also play an important role in the international justice struggle of our country under the leadership of our President, and will be one of the carrier elements of this struggle for justice in the Balkan geography.”

He stressed that TRT Balkan will reflect the ethnic, religious and cultural richness of the region.

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TRT General Manager Mehmet Zahid Sobaci emphasised that TRT Balkan will be the source of participatory and impartial journalism.

'Bringing different identities together'

TRT General Manager Mehmet Zahid Sobaci, who delivered the opening speech at the launch event, emphasised that TRT Balkan will be the source of participatory and impartial journalism.

“TRT Balkan will be instrumental in bringing together different identities and cultures under common moral and conscientious values by sharing the discourses integrated with the conscience of humanity with the public."

Mustafa Sentop, Speaker of Türkiye's Grand National Assembly, wished "TRT Balkan a long, beneficial, productive and uninterrupted life."

He also congratulated the "TRT community for delivering the events taking place in the world and in our country in an accurate, fast and impartial manner".

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The platform will publish special content for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro.

Omer Faruk Tanriverdi, TRT Deputy Director General responsible for International Broadcasts, stressed that TRT Balkan was a unifying factor.

“With the launch of TRT Balkan... we aim to reach an audience of more than 30 million. We set out with the aim of presenting unique content to the Balkan geography, with which we have very strong and deep-rooted historical ties...“

He said the positive feedback TRT received "regarding our other digital channels once again showed us that we are on the right track".