List of Kurdish-language television channels
This is a list of Kurdish television channels.
Iraq
[edit]Turkey
[edit]- TRT Kurdî – Turkish state channel (pro-government)
- Zarok TV – Kurdish children's channel (animation)
- Kurdistan TV - Kurdish news's channel (pro-government)
Defunct
[edit]These television channels were shut down in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges.[1][2][3][4]
- Batman TV
- Hayat TV
Iran
[edit]- Sahar TV – multilingual TV based in Tehran, Iran and affiliated to Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) which has programs in different languages, including Kurdish
- West Azerbaijan – provincial TV based in Wirmê (Urmîye or Urmia) and affiliated to IRIB which has programs in Kurdish, Azeri and Persian
Syria
[edit]- Ronahî TV – based in Syrian Kurdistan
Europe
[edit]- Kurd 1 – based in Paris, France, independent Kurdish channel
- Medya Haber
- Ronahî TV – for Syrian Kurdistan
- Tishk TV – based in France, KDPI
Defunct
References
[edit]- ↑ Gareth Jones; Ercan Gurses (2016-07-28). "Turkey shuts scores of media outlets, sacks generals". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ↑ Police raid TV station over ‘terror propaganda,’ cut broadcast
- ↑ "İMC TV de kapatıldı" [IMC TV was also closed] (in Turkish). BBC World Service. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "Turkey police shut down pro-Kurdish TV channel live on air". Gulf News. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
