Voice of Turkey
CountryTR
OwnerTurkish Radio and Television Corporation
Airdate1937
Websitewww.trt.net.tr/english#homepage

The Voice of Türkiye (short VOT; until 2022 Voice of Turkey; Turkish: Türkiye'nin Sesi Radyosu, TSR) is the international radio service of Turkish state broadcaster TRT on the internet, Turksat 3A satellite and shortwave. All shortwave broadcasts are transmitted from a single site near Emirler, Ankara Province (39.4016°N 32.8558°E).

It is broadcast 24 hours a day in 35 languages, targeting both people of Turkish origin (TSR) and foreigners (VOT). Its schedule mainly includes news, music, educational and cultural programmes.

Its transmissions used to start with a piano tune in the hicaz makam. Since 2015, a different melody has been played before the start of the broadcast, namely the piece "Elif Dedim be Dedim" in an instrumental version.

Foreign languages

UTCVOT WorldVOT WestVOT East
03:00EnglishGeorgianHungarian
03:30ArmenianBosnian/Cro-
atian
/Serbian
04:00musicRussianBosnian/Cro-
atian/Serbian
04:30Dari
Pashto
Afghan Uzbek
05:00HausaPersian
05:30
06:00SwahiliAlbanianPortuguese
06:30
07:00GermanmusicAzerbaijani
07:30
08:00TurkmenMacedonianGeorgian
08:30ItalianArmenianPersian
09:00ArabicRomanian
09:30Kyrgyz
10:00FrenchUyghurTatar
10:30Uzbek
11:00BulgarianHungarianChinese
11:30GermanBosnian/Cro-
atian/Serbian
12:00Bosnian/Cro-
atian/Serbian
Urdu
12:30EnglishAlbanian
13:00Russian
13:30KazakhBosnian/Cro-
atian/Serbian
14:00ArabicGreekSpanish
14:30
UTCVOT WorldVOT WestVOT East
15:00PersianArmenianDari
Pashto
Afghan Uzbek
15:30Azerbaijani
16:00Bulgarian
16:30SpanishTatarEnglish
17:00Hausa
17:30German French
18:00Arabic
18:30EnglishRussian
19:00Portuguese
19:30FrenchSwahili
20:00Spanish
20:30Englishmusic
21:00Bosnian/Cro-
atian/Serbian
21:30ItalianGreekMacedonian
22:00EnglishRussian
22:30Arabic
23:00GermanChinese
23:30Urdu
00:00PortugueseAzerbaijani
00:30Romanian
01:00SpanishmusicTurkmen
01:00Kazakh
02:00UyghurFrenchKyrgyz
02:30Uzbek
colspan="4" * Summer 2024 schedule
* Italic: also on shortwave[1]
* In winter broadcasts are one hour later
   (01:00 UTC becomes 02:00 UTC etc.).

See also

References

  1. ^ hfcc.org: A24 Schedule of TRT