2004 in Turkish television

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This is a list of Turkish television-related events from 2004.

Background

"By 2004 there were approximately one million Cable-TV subscribers" in the country.^[1] Doğan Media Group controled approximately 40 percent of the broadcasting advertising market.^[2] Medya TV, a Kurdish satellite channel, that had been emitting from France since 1999 after having their license (as MED TV) revoked by British authorities, faced the same problem with the French authorities due to alleged links with the PKK; the channel was renamed again and, as Roj TV, started emitting from Denmark from 2004 onwards before repeated Turkish efforts to stop the channel from emitting.^[3]

Events

15 May - The 49th Eurovision Song Contest is held at the Abdi İpekçi Arena. Ukraine wins the contest with the song "Wild Dances", performed by Ruslana.
19 June - Emrah Keskin wins the first season of Türkstar.
Also in June various channels start broadcasting programmes in non-Turkish languages in the country, an event saluted as a breakthrough for the rights of non-Muslim Turkish people^[4]
July - Barış Akarsu wins the first season of Academi Türkiye.

Debuts

Ending this year

Channels

Launches:

10 June: Kanalturk
29 November: TGRT Haber

Births

Deaths

References

^ Eroğlu, Muzaffer; Finger, Matthias (2022-01-01). The Regulation of Turkish Network Industries. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-81720-6.
^ Heper, Metin; Sayari, Sabri (2013-05-07). The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-30964-9.
^ Retis, Jessica; Tsagarousianou, Roza (2019-03-14). The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-23675-7.
^ Aktürk, Şener (2012-11-19). Regimes of Ethnicity and Nationhood in Germany, Russia, and Turkey. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-02143-3.

Bibliography

Television in Turkey: Local Production, Transnational Expansion and Political Aspirations. (2020). Germany: Springer International Publishing.