Türkiye — news channels live

A Haber is a national news channel that went on air in 2011 within Turkuvaz Media. Turkuvaz is a large media group that also includes the Sabah newspaper and the ATV network; A Haber is its news arm. The channel's editorial line is understood to be close to the government, and its running order reflects that — the basic context a reader needs when weighing one of its reports.

The channel weights domestic politics and security coverage and has strong live remote and field capability. It is among the first to carry official statements and post-cabinet announcements. The YouTube feed mirrors the television broadcast exactly.

CNN Türk was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Turkey's Doğan Group and the American network CNN, one of the first cases in the country of an international news brand entering the market through a local partnership. The channel still licenses the CNN brand; its content and editorial management belong to its Turkish owner. It changed hands in 2018 when Doğan Media was sold to Demirören Holding, and it broadcasts today as part of Demirören Media.

Its identity is built on long studio-anchored live programming and on hours of uninterrupted coverage for election nights, earthquakes and major accidents. It carries a dedicated slot for business and market news. The YouTube channel publishes both the live feed and individual programme clips.

Ekol TV is one of Türkiye's news-led national channels. Its schedule is built around bulletin blocks, live current-affairs programming and field links, with domestic politics and public order reporting making up the bulk of output.

The channel carries its live feed continuously on YouTube and is among the Turkish news broadcasters reaching a digital audience directly.

Flash TV is one of the long-standing channels that has been on air since Türkiye's first wave of private broadcasting, and it has shifted its weight towards news over time. Bulletins and current-affairs programming now dominate its schedule.

Its live output is carried continuously on its YouTube account.

Halk TV is one of Türkiye's national news channels broadcasting on an opposition line. Domestic politics, the economy and the judiciary dominate its agenda, and its format rests largely on studio programmes, commentary from journalists and guest discussion.

What stands out about the channel is how much of its audience it has gathered on digital platforms. The live stream and programme archive on its YouTube channel have built a following independent of the television broadcast — one of the clearest examples in Türkiye of news migrating to platforms.

Sözcü TV is the television channel of the newspaper of the same name and launched in 2022. Sözcü is one of Türkiye's highest-circulation opposition newspapers, and the channel carries that editorial line on screen with journalism critical of the government. The economy, corruption allegations, the judiciary and education feature prominently in its running order.

The channel began life with a digital-first structure: it streams live on YouTube, open to all, and gathers a substantial part of its audience there. Its programming is built largely around studio discussion, expert guests and commentary from working journalists.

TELE1 is a news channel that began broadcasting in 2019. Its editorial line is described as left-leaning and oppositional, and domestic politics, foreign affairs and labour reporting feature prominently. Its programming consists largely of long-form interviews and studio discussion.

Since launch the channel has carried its output continuously online alongside the television signal, drawing part of its audience directly from digital distribution. The live stream is available to all on its YouTube account.

TGRT Haber is a national news channel operating within İhlas Holding. The same group owns İhlas News Agency (İHA), one of Türkiye's long-established wire services, which gives the channel a real advantage in field reporting: the agency's nationwide correspondent network feeds directly to air.

Public order stories, local events, weather and disaster coverage feature prominently in its running order. With the agency behind it, the channel can put video from across the country to air quickly. Its YouTube account carries the live feed alongside individual news clips.

TRT Haber is the news channel of Türkiye's public broadcaster, TRT, and went on air in 2010. Public service broadcasting brings with it the widest correspondent network in the country: TRT maintains bureaus down to provincial level at home and a large number of foreign offices, so the channel is strongest on regional reporting and on first-hand coverage of developments originating with official institutions. Its ability to switch to uninterrupted live coverage for ministerial statements, parliamentary sessions, state visits and natural disasters is a defining feature.

As part of TRT's corporate structure the channel is publicly funded and operates within the responsibility framework of a state institution. It broadcasts in Turkish; other channels under the TRT umbrella publish in many languages including Kurdish, Arabic and English. The YouTube live feed carries the television output unchanged.

TRT World is TRT's English-language international news channel and launched in 2015. It is headquartered in Istanbul and has established broadcast centres in London, Washington and Singapore, concentrating its journalism on Türkiye alongside the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Its agenda is distinguished by weighting regions that receive less attention on Western-based international channels: the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, South Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean regularly lead its bulletins.

Documentaries and interview programming are as prominent as the news bulletins. Because it broadcasts in English it is one of the few channels carrying developments originating in Türkiye directly to an international audience, which makes it a useful companion to TRT Haber for readers who want to see how a Turkish story is framed abroad.

TV100 is a national news channel that went on air in 2019. Alongside conventional bulletins it runs a schedule built around a continuous daytime live band: uninterrupted studio coverage and field links during breaking developments form the spine of its output.

Istanbul-centred city reporting, public order and traffic sit alongside national politics in its agenda. The channel has built part of its audience through digital distribution and streams live on YouTube, open to all.

TV24 is one of Türkiye's national news channels. Its schedule is built around bulletins, current-affairs analysis and studio programming.

Its live feed is available to all on YouTube.

Ulusal Kanal broadcasts on an avowedly nationalist political line, which it states openly. Foreign policy, debates on sovereignty and independence, the defence industry and critiques of imperialism feature prominently in its agenda.

Its programming is built largely on interviews and commentary. The channel streams live on YouTube without interruption, and it is a direct source for readers who want to follow journalism from this end of Türkiye's political spectrum.