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Siirt Mücadele newspaper owner Kılıçoğlu criticized that the recently launched Arabic broadcast of TRT E1Turkey has nothing to do with the Arabic spoken in the region of Siirt in south-eastern Turkey. The broadcast in common Arabic is incomprehensible by speakers of local dialects.

TRT started broadcasting in Arabic via the TRT El Turkey television channel. PM Erdoğan said at the opening ceremony, "Even though our faces look to the west, by no means does that mean we are turning our backs to the east". The channel can be watched via satellite by more than 3 million viewers.