Turkmenistan () is a state-owned
Turkmenian television channel founded in 2004 aimed at an international audience.
The channel was announced in February and started broadcasting on 12 September the same year. As with other channels of Turkmenistan, it is under the control of the Coordinating Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of the
Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. The channel was created in order to avail the international community with the achievements of Turkmenistan in the country's historical transformations in all spheres of public life, as well as to further improve the country's information systems.
Altyn Asyr has positioned itself as the main TV channel of Turkmenistan. Television is broadcast in seven audio tracks (Turkmen, Russian, English, French, Chinese, Arabic and
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
). The headquarters is located in
Ashgabat
Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...
.
The channel broadcasts eleven segments in an hourly cycle: policy, economy, agriculture, science, culture, health, history, tourism, sports, weather and no comment.
[''Türkmenistan Watan'', 21–27 January 2023]
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External links
Online broadcast
Television stations in Turkmenistan
Television channels and stations established in 2004
Russian-language television stations
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