State Radio Now Also in Kurdish and Armenian

Radio 6 will broadcast in Kurdish 24 hours a day, while Armenian has been added to the variety of languages on “Turkey’s Voice” Radio.

Bawer Çakır

In a written statement, the state television and radio corporation TRT has announced that Radio 6 started its 24-hour Kurdish broadcast on 1 April. The “Turkey’s Voice” radio station has added Armenian to its language choice, broadcasting in that language from 7-7.30 am and from 6-6.30 pm every day, as of 2 April.

Radio 6 can be received on the FM band, and both Radio 6 and “Turkey’s voice” can be received via the TÜRKSAT satellite via the Internet.

TRT also started a Kurdish TV channel, TRT 6, on 1 January of this year. (BÇ/AG)