Turkey has launched its first round-the-clock Arabic TV channel, El Turkiye, hoping that the move will further enhance its ties with its Arab neighbors.
El Turkiye was inaugurated in a ceremony held in Istanbul on Sunday, which was attended by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Countries Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.
Ibrahim Sahin, general manager of TRT (Turkey's Radio and Television Corporation) said that El Turkiye will broadcast programs for a potential viewership of 350 million Arabs in the Middle East.
The headquarters of the new TV channel is in Istanbul, unlike other TRT channels, and it will air live programs from Beirut, Cairo, Damascus and Ankara, Sahin said.
Erdogan, in a speech at the inauguration ceremony, said that the new channel aims at further boosting ties with Arab nations.
"Turks and Arabs are like fingers of one hand, like fingers and their nails. Even if our face is towards the West, we will never turn our back on the Arabs," Erdogan added.
He noted that Turks and Arabs share a common past and will face a common future.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=122477§ionid=3510212.
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