The Turkish state minister for media welcomed on Saturday the Euronews broadcasting in Turkish. Turkey’s State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said Turkey had symbolically joined the European Union with Euronews broadcasting in Turkish, reported Anatolia news agency.
A ceremony took place in Istanbul for the occasion of Euronews broadcasting, one of the most high-prestige media organs in Europe, in Turkish. Euronews will cooperate with the Turkish state-run TRT.
Also speaking at the ceremony, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rebuked French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday over his opposition to Turkey joining the European Union.
Lyon-based Euronews TV channel already broadcasts in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian for 24 hours a day. Turkish-language news channel will go on air throughout the world through 34 satellites.
With an agreement signed in 2008, TRT became the fourth biggest partner of the Euronews with a 15.7 percent stake. Euronews has 21 share-holders including leading national TV channels from European countries.
France has 25 percent, Italy 21 percent, Russia 19 percent and Switzerland 9 percent shares in the news channel.
Founded in 1992 in Lyon as a European Broadcasting Union initiative, Euronews beams out into 293 million households in 150 countries by cable, satellite and terrestrial 24 hours a day with more than 400 staff from different nationalities. Read more…
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