Timeline of broadcasting in Turkey
Below is the milestones of Turkish radio TV broadcasting. The oldest broadcaster in Turkey is TRT, the public broadcaster, which now broadcasts
6 nationwide, 6 regional, 1 local and 2 international radio channels as well as
11 TV nationwide and 2 international TV channels.
But after the 1990s, many private radio and TV companies began broadcasting, some nationwide and some local.
| Date | Event | - |
| 6.5.1927 | First radio broadcast in Istanbul | - |
| 8.9.1936 | Radio broadcasting monopoly transferred to Turkish PTT | - |
| 22.5.1940 | Law about transferring Radio broadcasting monopoly to General Directorate of Press | - |
| 3.9.1952 | First television channel ITU TV | - |
| 2.1.1964 | Turkish Radio Television law establishing General Directorate of Turkish Radio and Television Corporation | - |
| 31.1.1968 | First monochrome TV broadcast on VHF band | - |
| 19.5.1969 | First live broadcast from a location out of Ankara where the continuity studio is. | - |
| 29.2.1972 | Law about the neutrality of TRT. | - |
| 26.8.1972 | First international live broadcast from Munich Olympics | - |
| 9.9.1974 | First 24-hour radio broadcast | - |
| 22.3.1975 | TRT represents Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest. | |
| 14.4.1978 | First FM radio broadcast | - |
| 14.1.1983 | Radio television law establishing Radio and Television Supreme Council | - |
| 15.3.1984 | First color TV | - |
| 1.10.1984 | First stereophonic broadcast in FM radio transmitters | - |
| 11.7.1986 | Protocol with PTT about satellite transmission | - |
| 15.9.1986 | A second channel in TV, first utilization of UHF band | - |
| 21.1.1989 | Law about transferring radio and TV transmitters to PTT. | - |
| 20.5.1989 | First private TV in Turkey The name of the company: Magic box and the name of the channel: Star | - |
| 3.5.1993 | Amendment of the Turkish constitution to enable private radio TV broadcasting | - |
| 10.6.1994 | Law to issue Türk Telekom from PTT. Along with telephone infrastructure, both the transmitters and the satellite infrastructure in Türk Telekom. The transfer on 24.4.1995 | - |
| 11.8.1994 | First Turkish satellite. Turksat 1B operated by Türksat, an affiliated company of PTT. Both TRT and the private companies began using satellite both for Direct broadcast satellite and for TVRO/RRO. | - |
| 6.7.1999 | Law about transferring radio and TV transmitters back to TRT. | - |
| 21.4.2005 | According to law Türksat is also responsible in cable television distribution. | - |