TRT 2

Last updated
TRT Second
TRT 2 logo.svg
Country Turkey
Affiliates Radyo 2
Headquarters Taksim Square, İstiklal Avenue, Tarlabaşı, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, taken over at times by Kızılay Square, Çankaya, Kızılay, Ankara
Programming
Language(s) Turkish
Picture format 16:9 (576i, SDTV)
16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Ownership
Owner TRT
Sister channels TRT 1
TRT 3
TRT World
TRT Haber
TRT Spor
TRT Spor Yildiz
TRT Avaz
TRT Çocuk
TRT Belgesel
TRT Müzik
TRT Arabi
TRT Türk
TRT Kurdî
TRT 4K
TRT EBA TV
TBMM TV
History
Launched15 September 1986;37 years ago (1986-09-15)
Former names2. Kanal (1986–1993)
TV2 (1993–1997)
Links
Website TRT 2 website
Availability
Streaming media
Turkcell TV+ Channel 45

TRT 2 (TRT Second) is a Turkish culture and art television channel.

Contents

Introduction

TRT 2 started test transmissions on September 15, 1986 as "2. Kanal", and is now TRT's second-most-watched TV station. TRT 2 programs include education, culture (documentaries, arts, culture programs and debates), news (daily agenda, economics, arts and culture), sports, various music, drama (drama series, modern adaptations, selected works from Turkish and world cinema, cartoons and series for children). Since February 22, 2019, TRT Haber (TRT News Turkish) became a separate 24-hour-news channel and TRT 2 repositions itself as a separate channel for cultural and educational programming, arts, talkshows & documentaries, replacing the educational channel TRT Okul.

Programming

The channel has a focus on culture and arts and offers highbrow programming. Programmes and content include:

Current programming

In the past

Like its sister channel TRT 1, TRT 2 aired many world-known series for the first time in Turkey. Among them were Married... with Children , Wiseguy , 21 Jump Street , Hill Street Blues , Beauty and the Beast , Yesenia , The Young and the Restless , ALF , Los Ricos También Lloran , Lovejoy , Small Wonder , Stingray , MacGyver , Airwolf , The Yellow Rose , Mike Hammer , Fame , The Twilight Zone , Matlock , Crime Story , Tour of Duty , Lottery! , Diff'rent Strokes , Gimme a Break! , St. Elsewhere , Happy Days , My Secret Identity , Who's the Boss? and The Jeffersons .

From 1989 to 2001 TRT Gap was broadcasting on TRT 2 before eventually moving to TRT 3. After the move, it began broadcasting 24 hours a day on January 31, 2001 as part of the corporate logo revamp and restructuring of its channels, which saw TRT 2 relaunched as a news and culturally-oriented channel with rolling news coverage filling up the daytime space left by TRT Gap and cultural programming during primetime.

Prior to the launch of TRT Haber in May 2010, TRT 2 used to function mostly as a news channel during the day and in the early hours with on the hour news plus analysis, local news, economic news, health advice, sports news and discussion. Prime time news programmes also exist in the form of Kirmizi Hat and live simulcasts of the morning and the main evening news bulletins from its flagship channel, TRT 1.

On screen identity

Logos

See also

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