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2003 In Turkish Television
This is a list of Turkish television related events from 2003. Events *24 May - Turkey wins the 48th Eurovision Song Contest in Riga, Latvia. The winning song is " Everyway That I Can", performed by Sertab Erener. *June: The "Turkish broadcasting institution (TRT) declares its official aim to launch programmes in languages other than Turkish". Debuts Endings Channels Launches: * 19 January: Fenerbahçe TV Fenerbahçe TV (FB TV) is a sports channel of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the first sports club channel in Turkey. The channel launched in 2003, over satellite, satellite network services a ... * 15 March: Dream TV See also * 2003 in Turkey References {{Years in TV by country, 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television In Turkey
The television industry in Turkey includes high-tech program production, transmission, and coverage. Turkish Radio and Television Corporation is Turkey's largest and most powerful national television station. As of 2022, there are 498 television channels in Turkey, ranking fourth in Europe in terms of the number of television channels. Turkey is the world's fastest-growing television series exporter and has currently overtaken both Mexico and Brazil as the world's second-highest television series exporter after the United States. Turkish television drama has grown since the early 2000s. Since Turkey has not yet switched to digital terrestrial television broadcasting, analog broadcasting remains widespread. History Early years and monopoly Television in Turkey was introduced in 1952 with the launch of ITU TV. The first television broadcast work carried out as a closed-circuit television broadcast in Turkey was prepared in June–July 1966. The first national television chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Riga, Latvia, following the country's victory at the with the song " I Wanna" by Marie N. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Latvian Television (LTV), the contest was held at the Skonto Hall on 24 May 2003. The contest was presented by last year's winner Marie N and Eurovision Song Contest 2000 contestant of Latvia, Renārs Kaupers. Twenty-six countries participated in the contest, beating the record of twenty-five first set in . It saw the return of , , the , , and after having been relegated from competing the previous year. also returned to the contest after being absent the previous year, while participated in the contest for the first time. , , , , and were relegated due to their poor results in 2002. The winner was with the song " Everyway That I Can", performed by Sertab Erener who wrote it with Demir Demirkan. This was T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planning Region, Riga metropolitan area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 847,162 (as of 2025). The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava (river), Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201, and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 Riga summit, 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, and the 2006 IIHF Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everyway That I Can
"Everyway That I Can" (also spelled as "Every Way That I Can") is a song by Turkish singer Sertab Erener, with music composed by herself and Demir Demirkan, lyrics written by Demirkan, and production and arrangement by Ozan Çolakoğlu. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, held in Riga, winning the contest. It was the first entry from Turkey in the contest that did not feature any Turkish lyrics. It went on to achieve commercial success throughout Europe, peaking at number one on singles charts of Greece, Sweden, and Turkey, as well as attaining top-10 peaks in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania, and Spain. It continues to be ranked among the best Eurovision entries. Background Conception "Everyway That I Can" was composed by Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan with lyrics by Demirkan. Erener recorded it with production and arrangement by Ozan Çolakoğlu, famous for his works with pop idol Tarkan. She recorded two versions of the song, one fully in English, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sertab Erener
Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer. With her coloratura soprano voice, she started working as a backing vocalist for Sezen Aksu, and with Aksu's help she released her first studio album in the 1990s. Because of her education in classical music, she initially had difficulties in performing pop music. Although she did experimental works from time to time, she eventually preferred to focus on making pop music instead of avant-garde works, in order to make her music heard by a larger audience. In some of her works, she combined Western music and Eastern music, and benefited from operas as well as classical Turkish music with ethnic elements. With her entrance to Europe's market in the early 2000s, many of her works were also sold in Turkey as well as European countries. With Sezen Aksu's help, she made her debut in 1992 with the album ''Sakin Ol!'', and made herself known as a Turkish pop music artist in the 1990s by releasing the alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraq, and Syrian Turkmen, Syria. Turkish is the List of languages by total number of speakers, 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Persian alphabet, Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenerbahçe TV
Fenerbahçe TV (FB TV) is a sports channel of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the first sports club channel in Turkey. The channel launched in 2003, over satellite, satellite network services and cable service. The daily programs are Live News, ''Futbolun Zirvesi'' (live program with president Aziz Yıldırım), ''2F1B'', ''Biz Bir Aileyiz'' (about the family life of athletes), ''Café Fener'' (about the daily life of athletes), ''Eko Fener'' (about daily economy news), ''Endüstriyel Spor'' (about "industrial" sports), ''Filede Fener'' (about volleyball), ''Potada Fener'' (about basketball), ''Genç Kramponlar'' (about the youth teams), ''Maç Kaç Kaç'', ''Maça Doğru'', ''Maç Başlıyor'', ''Maçın Ardından'', ''Maçın Öyküsü'' (all five are about weekly football matches), ''Nostalji Futbol'' (about past memorable matches), ''Yaşayan Efsaneler'' (about the lives of living legends) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream TV (Turkey)
Dream TV is a Turkish television channel owned by Demirören Group Demirören Group is a Turkish conglomerate company. Its properties include Milangaz (a liquefied petroleum gas distributor with 9% share of the Turkish market), the Demirören İstiklal shopping mall in Taksim Square, as well as several newspap ..., which broadcasts music clips. Shows * Sabah Enerjisi (Refik Sarıöz) * Genç İz (Hazal Kazancı & Emre Fakioglu) * Dream Hits * Ana Sahne (Main Stage / İpek Atcan) * Evdeki Ses (House of Sound /Pelin Orhuner) * Hayal Sahnesi (Dream Stage) * Rock Me * Advanced * Popcorn * Dream 10 * T-Rock * T-Rap * Dans@ * 4x4 * Lirix * Dream Hafta Sonu (Dream Weekend / Ezgi Cantekin) Presenters * Hazal Kazancı * Emre Fakıığlu * Pelin Orhuner * Refik Sarıöz Events & Festivals 2013 *Monofest *The Sound of Change 2011 * Massive Weekend * Freshtival * VFree Zone Festival * Spice UP Festival * Rock'n Coke * Sonisphere Festival (Turkey) * One Love Festival * Van İçin R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Turkey
The following lists events from 2003 in Turkey. Incumbents *President: Ahmet Necdet Sezer *Prime Minister: Abdullah Gül (until 14 March), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (starting 14 March) Events January * January 8 – The Turkish Airlines Flight 634 was operated by Avro RJ100 TC-THG, which crashed in extensive fog during its final approach to land. All five of the crew and seventy of the seventy-five passengers died while the remaining five passengers survived with serious injuries. * January 18 – Many people protested against the plans of the United States to invade Iraq in Istanbul. February * February 10 – France and Belgium broke the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. Germany said it supports this veto. The procedure was put into operation on February 6 by secretary general George Robertson. In response Turkey called upon Article 4 of the NATO Treaty, which stipulates that membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
