The Voice of Türkiye (short VOT; until 2022 Voice of Turkey; ) is the international radio service of Turkish state broadcaster TRT on the internet, Turksat 3A satellite and shortwave. All shortwave broadcasts are transmitted from a single site near Emirler, Ankara Province ().
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It is broadcast 24 hours a day in 35 languages, targeting both people of Turkish origin (TSR) and foreigners (VOT). Its schedule mainly includes news, music, educational and cultural programmes.
Its transmissions used to start with a piano tune in the hicaz makam. Since 2015, a different melody has been played before the start of the broadcast, namely the piece "Elif Dedim be Dedim" in an instrumental version.
Logos
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File:TRT Vot World logo.svg|TRT VOT World
File:TRT Vot West logo.svg|TRT VOT West
File:TRT Vot East logo.svg|TRT VOT East
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Foreign languages
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em;"
! UTC !! VOT World !! VOT West !! VOT East
|-
| 03:00 || rowspan="2"|English || Georgian || Hungarian
|-
| 03:30 || Armenian || Bosnian/Cro-<br />atian/Serbian
|-
| 04:00 || rowspan="2"|music || rowspan="2"|Russian || Bosnian/Cro-<br />atian/Serbian
|-
| 04:30 || rowspan="3"|Dari<br />Pashto<br />Afghan Uzbek
|-
| 05:00 || rowspan="2"|Hausa || rowspan="2"|Persian
|-
| 05:30
|-
| 06:00 || rowspan="2"|Swahili || rowspan="2"|Albanian || rowspan="2"|Portuguese
|-
| 06:30
|-
| 07:00 || rowspan="2"|German || rowspan="2"|music || rowspan="2"|Azerbaijani
|-
| 07:30
|-
| 08:00 || Turkmen || Macedonian || Georgian
|-
| 08:30 || Italian || Armenian || rowspan="3"|Persian
|-
| 09:00 || rowspan="2"|Arabic || Romanian
|-
| 09:30 || Kyrgyz
|-
| 10:00 || rowspan="2"|French || rowspan="2"|Uyghur || Tatar
|-
| 10:30 || Uzbek
|-
| 11:00 || Bulgarian || Hungarian || rowspan="2"|Chinese
|-
| 11:30 || rowspan="2"|German || Bosnian/Cro-<br />atian/Serbian
|-
| 12:00 || Bosnian/Cro-<br />atian/Serbian || rowspan="2"|Urdu
|-
| 12:30 || rowspan="2"|English || rowspan="2"|Albanian
|-
| 13:00 || rowspan="2"|Russian
|-
| 13:30 || Kazakh || Bosnian/Cro-<br />atian/Serbian
|-
| 14:00 || rowspan="2"|Arabic || rowspan="2"|Greek || rowspan="2"|Spanish
|-
| 14:30
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
! UTC !! VOT World !! VOT West !! VOT East
|-
| 15:00 || rowspan="2"|Persian || Armenian || rowspan="3"|Dari<br />Pashto<br />Afghan Uzbek
|-
| 15:30 || rowspan="2"|Azerbaijani
|-
| 16:00 || Bulgarian
|-
| 16:30 || rowspan="2"|Spanish || Tatar || rowspan="2"|English
|-
| 17:00 || rowspan="2"|Hausa
|-
| 17:30 || rowspan="2"|German || rowspan="2"| French
|-
| 18:00 || rowspan="2"|Arabic
|-
| 18:30 || rowspan="2"|English || rowspan="2"|Russian
|-
| 19:00 || rowspan="2"|Portuguese
|-
| 19:30 || rowspan="2"|French || rowspan="2"|Swahili
|-
| 20:00 || rowspan="2"|Spanish
|-
| 20:30 || rowspan="2"|English || rowspan="2"|music
|-
| 21:00 || Bosnian/Cro-<br />atian/Serbian
|-
| 21:30 || Italian || rowspan="2"|Greek || Macedonian
|-
| 22:00 || rowspan="2"|English || rowspan="2"|Russian
|-
| 22:30 || rowspan="2"|Arabic
|-
| 23:00 || rowspan="2"|German || rowspan="2"|Chinese
|-
| 23:30 || rowspan="2"|Urdu
|-
| 00:00 || rowspan="2"|Portuguese || rowspan="2"|Azerbaijani
|-
| 00:30 || Romanian
|-
| 01:00 || rowspan="2"|Spanish || rowspan="2"|music || Turkmen
|-
| 01:00 || Kazakh
|-
| 02:00 || rowspan="2"|Uyghur || rowspan="2"|French || Kyrgyz
|-
| 02:30 || Uzbek
|-
| colspan="4" * Summer 2024 schedule<br />* Italic: also on shortwave<br />* In winter broadcasts are one hour later<br /> (01:00 UTC becomes 02:00 UTC etc.).
|}
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See also
- Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
- TRT World, TRT Arabi
- List of international radio broadcasters
References
External links
- TRT External Services Department
- Live Streams: TSR, VOT World, VOT West, VOT East