Disney Channel was a Turkish

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television network owned and operated by Disney Televizyon Yayıncılık A.Ş. ( transl.: Disney Television Broadcasting Inc.); part of The Walt Disney Company Turkey. Broadcasting for children and youth-oriented shows in Turkish, targeted for ages 7 to 14 years old. There was also a Disney Junior block from 6am to 11am Monday through Thursday. In this way, it also appealed to smaller audiences. It is based on original United States channel of the same name.

History

It launched on 29 April 2007 on Digiturk. All the programming were dubbed in Turkish, while the network was headquartered in

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. On 1 May 2011, Disney Channel updated the logo by putting the Mickey Mouse silhouette in a smartphone application icon. The same thing happened in other countries from Europe and CEE. On 21 December 2011, Disney started the test transmission for the Turkish Disney Channel and started broadcasting mainly promotional ads; no advertising or programs included. It later became a free-to-air channel on 12 January 2012, with an episode of ''Phineas & Ferb'' as its first program. On 28 October 2013, Disney Channel launched its VOD service in Turkey. The network was closed on 31 March 2022 (with '' Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' as its last program), and removed from the channel list on 2 April 2022, and its programming became part of

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when it launched on 14 June 2022.

Sister channels

Disney Jr.

Disney Jr. is a

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-managed pre-school channel, under The Walt Disney Company Limited. It began as Disney Channel's morning block, known as

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on 29 April 2007. It launched as a television channel on 1 September 2010, and rebranded as Disney Junior on 1 June 2011. As of 31 March 2022, Disney Jr. is currently the only Disney-branded channel in Turkey since the closure of Disney Channel.

Disney XD (closed)

Disney XD launched on 3 October 2009, becoming a 24-hour channel on 3 October 2018, and was exclusive to Digiturk. On 31 January 2021, Disney XD was closed; but however, Disney Channel continued to operate until 31 March 2022, with programming moving to Disney+ when it launched on 14 June 2022.

Logos

Disney Channel

file:2002 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2007–2011 file:2010 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2011–2014 file:2014 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2014–2017 file:2017 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2017–2022

Disney Jr.

file:2000 Playhouse Disney logo.svg, 2010–2011 file:Disney junior.png, 2011–2019 file:Disney Junior EMEA.svg, 2019–2024 file:Disney Jr. 2024.svg, 2024–present

Disney XD

file:FOX Kids logo.svg, 2000–2005 file:Jetix logo.png, 2005–2009 file:Logo Disney XD.svg, 2009–2015 file:Disney XD - 2015.svg, 2015–2021

References

External links

Disney Channel Türkiye
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