360 is a privately owned
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...
television channel in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
History
The channel was initially named Skytürk, from June 2002 until January 2012. On January 23, 2012, the name of the channel was changed to "Skytürk 360". On December 31, 2013, "Skytürk" was removed from the channel's name. On 1 December 2014, the format of the channel was changed to a national channel, as the new owners of the channel owned another news channel called 24.
Also, the "Skytürk" is not the Turkish version of Sky News. The company get a claim from Sky News due to use "Sky" name without their permission, in March 2006.
A sound bomb was thrown at the channel's headquarters in
Belgradkapı
Belgradkapı is a quarter in Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Name of the neighborhood means Belgrade Gate in Turkish, and was named so after the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent conquered Belgrade in 1521, modern capital of Se ...
,
Zeytinburnu
Zeytinburnu (literally, ''Olive Cape'') is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 12 km2, and its population is 292,616 (2022). It is a working-class area on the European side of Istanbul, T ...
,
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
, on October 22, 2009, which was defused by the anti-bomb squad.
[']AkÅŸam
''Akşam'' (''Evening'') is a Turkish newspaper founded in 1918, owned by Zeki Yeşildağ's Türk Medya Grup (T Medya Yatırım San. ve Tic. AŞ.) since 2013. In 2013 it had a circulation of around 100,000.
History
''AkÅŸams founders in 1918 inc ...
'', 22 October 2009
SKYTURK'e ses bombası
'
In June 2013 Skytürk was seized from
Çukurova Holding
Çukurova Holding, established in 1923, is an industrial and commercial conglomerate based in Turkey. It is engaged in a range of sectors such as industrial, construction, communication and IT, media, transportation, financial services and ene ...
by the government's
Savings Deposit Insurance Fund over unpaid tax debts. In 2016 Skytürk was sold (together with newspaper
AkÅŸam
''Akşam'' (''Evening'') is a Turkish newspaper founded in 1918, owned by Zeki Yeşildağ's Türk Medya Grup (T Medya Yatırım San. ve Tic. AŞ.) since 2013. In 2013 it had a circulation of around 100,000.
History
''AkÅŸams founders in 1918 inc ...
and radio stations
Best FM to
Ethem Sancak
Ethem Sancak (born 1958, Siirt) is a Turkish businessman considered to have "close ties to President of Turkey Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan".
He completed his primary and secondary education in Siirt. He graduated from Istanbul University's Faculty ...
.
Slogan
* 6/2002-23/1/2012: Anlamak İçin (To Understand)
* 23/1/2012-11/2013: OlduÄŸu Gibi Haber (News as it is)
* 11/2013-12/2014: Her Açıdan (From every Angle)
* 3/2015-5/2016: Hayatın Tamamı 360'ta (Whole of Life at 360)
* 5/2016-9/2016: 360 Ekranı Hayatın Tamamı (360 Screen Whole of Life)
* 9/2016-1/9/2017: Birlikte Çok Güzeliz (Much Beautiful Together)
* Since 1/9/2017: Yeni Nesil Yayıncılık (New Generation Broadcasting)
References
External links
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Other
Television stations in Turkey
Turkish-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2002
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