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Zarok TV (
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: ''Kid TV'') is the first
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satellite television station in Turkey for Kurdish children, broadcasting since 21 March 2015, based in
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(Amed). The channel broadcasts programs in various
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, specifically
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, being the most widely spoken Kurdish dialect in Turkey,
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and some
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. Accused of “separatist and subversive” activities, it was shut down on 29 September 2016 under the emergency statutory decree issued during the aftermath of 15 July's failed coup d'état, alongside 12 other television and 11 radio stations, when the
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raided the television station's headquarters. Zarok TV's director, said there were no warning before the closure. In November 2016 the TV station was allowed to broadcast again after much criticism for the sudden closure. The European Parliament condemned the Turkish authorities stating “misusing” law in the aftermath of the unsuccessful coup attempt. Owner of Zarok TV and also several other cultural Kurdish TV channels, estimated the company had lost “125-150 thousand dollars” in October due to closures.


About

The director of Zarok TV stated “It is all about children, the culture, ways of life and language of the Kurds.” in addition mentioned “Cartoons that are watched everywhere in the world, dubbed into Kurdish.”. Zarok means kid/children in
Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...
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Programming

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See also

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List of Kurdish-language television channels This is a list of Kurdish language television channels. Iraqi Kurdistan (Bashur) Turkish Kurdistan (Bakur) *TRT Kurdî – Turkish state channel (pro-government ) * Zarok TV – Kurdish Children's channel (animation) Defunct These televisi ...


References


External links

* Official websit
www.zarok.tv
(Also other domains
www.zaroktv.krd
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www.zaroktv.com.tr
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