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Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation (In Turkish: Bayrak Radyo Televizyon Kurumu), is the quasi-official radio and television broadcasting corporation of the de facto state Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming Information 3 Online Services 4 ADDRESS 5 Republic of Cyprus attitude to BRT 6 External links

The establishment of BRT dates back to the events of 1963 when intercommunal violence between the Greek and Turkish communities effectively ended co-operative ventures. Until that time, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) had been jointly run by Turkish and Greek Cypriots. Therefore, in the eyes of the Turkish community, it became urgent for them to have their own radio station as the Greek Cypriots had taken over the CyBC.

Up to 1966 Bayrak Radio was broadcasting in Turkish, English and Greek on a single channel. After that, it had expanded to broadcast through two channels. The name of Bayrak Radio was changed to Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation (BRT) after the establishment of a small TV Studio in North Nicosia in 1976. The transmission went to (PAL) colour in 1979. As from March 1983 it began transmitting in FM Radio stereo.

Bayrak Radio and Television produces its own news with the aim of distributing accurate information about the Turkish Cypriots throughout the world, also via internet. As of 25th of December the quality of the internet broadcasting has been increased with the 2 TV stations and 3 radios for the time being. So those interested can read and hear the news in English, Greek, Russian, German and Arabic on certain hours of the day.

The two Radio broadcasting servicies on the way to come to the web page is a Classic Music radio and Turkish Classical Music radio that are already done normally

BRTK has been autonomous since 1983.

BRTK broadcasts news, sports, arts, women's hour, talks, educational, cultural, entertainment and other social events programmes on both TV and Radio.

The radio transmits on three channels: Channel I for broadcasts in Turkish, Channel II for foreign language programmes (mainly English and Greek), and Channel III for music.

The radio transmission reaches the whole of the Middle East, while television transmission covers all of Cyprus, southern Turkey, Lebanon and western Syria.

Bayrak's web site now has live feeds that enable internat users to watch Bayrak TV and listen to Bayrak radio channels.

Bayrak Radio Television Corporation,
BRT Sitesi, Dr. Fazýl Küçük Bulvarý,
Lefkoşa - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus,
via Mersin-10, Turkey

Wikimapia location: [1]

The internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus government regards BRT as a 'pirate broadcaster,' and prefaces any quotes from BRT in their own news releases with the phrase 'Illegal Bayrak Television.' [2]

• Official site (Turkish)
• Official site (English)