ARMENIAN-LANGUAGE RADIO TO BE OPENED IN TURKEY
E. Huseynli

Trend News
March 24, 2009
Ankara

An Armenian-language radio is planned to be opened in Turkey.

Voice of Turkey radio station at the TRT television channel will
broadcast Armenian-language programs for two to three hours a day.

Armenian-Turkish ties have been severed since 1993 because of Armenia’s
false "genocide" claims and occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijani
lands. Turkish President Abdullah Gul visited Yerevan on September 6,
2008 at the invitation of his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisyan
to watch Armenia-Turkey football match in the European Cup. Efforts
have been made since then to normalize ties between the two countries.

The Armenian-language programs are expected to be launched in April
or May. The Armenian-language programs will be mainly about Turkey,
the television channel said.

A Kurdish-language radio was opened in Turkey in 2008. Kurdish-language
TRT 8 television channel was launched in Jan. 2009.

TRT 8 television channel can be accessed via satellite not only by
Kurds in Turkey, but also in Iraq, Iran and Syria.