Euronews Turkey to launch this week

International news broadcaster Euronews will launch a Turkish-language channel next Saturday.

It will be available In Turkey via DTH operator Turksat and Turkish Radio and Television, a Euronews shareholder, will broadcast some Euronews programmes on its terrestrial channel TRT2, reaching all Turkish homes. Digiturk already offers Euronews in eight languages – Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

The new channel will be on air 24 hours a day, seven days a week. An internet version premiered last Friday, offering Turkish-language content on-demand.