List of Kurdish-language television channels
This is a list of Kurdish language television channels.
Iraqi Kurdistan (Bashur)[]
| Channel | Category | Owner/Political Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Kids | Yes | |||||
| Music | Yes | |||||
| Cinema, Film | Yes | |||||
| Documentary | Yes | |||||
| Sport | Yes | |||||
| Religious | Yes | |||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Sport | Yes | |||||
| Yes | Yes | |||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Cinema, Film | Yes | |||||
| Cinema, Film | Yes | |||||
| Cinema, Film | ||||||
| Business | ||||||
| Business | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Religious | Yes | |||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Cinema, Film | Yes | |||||
| Music | Yes | |||||
| Sport | Yes | |||||
| English Music | Yes | |||||
| Business | Yes | |||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| General | Yes | |||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | |||||
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | |||||
| Sport | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | ||||
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | |||||
| General | ||||||
| Kids | Yes | |||||
| Cinema, Film | Yes | |||||
| Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party | Yes | |||||
| Kids | Yes | |||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Kurdistan K24 | News, Documentary | Kurdistan Democratic Party Masrour Barzani |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kanal4 | ||||||
| General | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | ||||
| Religious | Yes | |||||
| Music | ||||||
| Shopping | ||||||
| Sport | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | |||||
| Sport | Yes | |||||
| Kurd1 Channel | ||||||
| Kurdish News Network (KNN) | News | Gorran Movement | Yes | |||
| Government | Kurdistan Regional Government | |||||
| Kurdistan TV | General | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Yes | |||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Kurdmax Pepule | Kids | Yes | ||||
| Kurdsat | General | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | |||
| News | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | ||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Music | Yes | |||||
| Yes | ||||||
| General | Aramo Media | Yes | ||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Kids | Yes | |||||
| Cinema, Film | Yes | |||||
| Yes | ||||||
| NRT News | News | New Generation Movement Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir |
Yes | |||
| General | New Generation Movement Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir |
Yes | ||||
| Kids | New Generation Movement Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir |
Yes | ||||
| Religious | New Generation Movement Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir |
Yes | ||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Religious | Kurdistan Islamic Group | |||||
| Pelistank TV | Kids | Yes | ||||
| Education | Yes | |||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Political | Communist Party of Kurdistan | |||||
| Marketing | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Documentary | Yes | |||||
| Kids | Yes | |||||
| Rudaw | News, Documentary | Kurdistan Democratic Party Nechirvan Barzani |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Yes | ||||||
| Speda TV | Religious | Kurdistan Islamic Union | Yes | |||
| Religious | ||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Religious | Kurdistan Islamic Union | Yes | ||||
| Religious | Kurdistan Islamic Union | Yes | ||||
| Religious | Kurdistan Islamic Union | Yes | ||||
| Yes | ||||||
| Vîn TV | Music | Sarkat Junad Rekani & Kawa Junad Rekani | ||||
| WAAR TV | Music | Palo Co. | Yes | |||
| Sport | ||||||
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | |||||
| Kids | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | ||||
| Cinema, Film | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | ||||
| Music | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Yes | ||||
| Zagros TV | General | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Yes | |||
| Zaro tv | Government, Kids | Kurdistan Regional Government | ||||
| Zarok TV (Based in Turkey) | Kids |
Turkish Kurdistan (Bakur)[]
- TRT Kurdî – Turkish state channel (pro-government )
- Zarok TV – Kurdish Children's channel (animation)
Defunct[]
These television channels were shut down in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges.[1][2][3][4]
- - based in Diyarbakır
- - based in Diyarbakır
- - based in Gaziantep
- Batman TV
- - based in Diyarbakır (Kurdish: Amed)
- Hayat TV
Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat)[]
- Sahar TV – Multilingual TV based in Tehran, Iran and affiliated to Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) which has program in different languages, including Kurdish
- Is the provincial TV of Kordestan province based in Sanandaj.
- Is the provincial TV of Kermanshah province based in Kermanshah.
- Is the provincial TV of Lorestan province based in Khorramabad.
- Is the Provincial TV of Ilam province based in Ilam and affiliated to IRIB which has program in both Kurdish and Persian
- Atrak TV Is the provincial TV of North Khorasan province based in Bojnurd.
- Is the Local TV of Mahabad city and affiliated to IRIB which has program in both Kurdish and Persian.
- West Azerbaijan – Provincial TV based in Wirmê (Urmîye or Urmia) and affiliated to IRIB which has program in Kurdish, Azeri and Persian.
Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava)[]
- – based in Syrian Kurdistan
- Ronahî TV – based in Syrian Kurdistan
- – Local TV of Manbij
- – kurdish feminists channel
Europe[]
- – based in Sweden
- – based in Sweden, music channel
- –
- Kurd 1 – based in Paris, France, independent Kurdish channel
- Medya Haber
- – music channel, pro-PKK
- – based in Europe, for whole Kurdistan, specific northern Kurdistan
- – based in Sweden, PJAK
- – based in Sweden
- [5]
- Ronahî TV – for Syrian Kurdistan
- Tishk TV – based in France, KDPI
Defunct
References[]
- ^ Gareth Jones; Ercan Gurses (2016-07-28). "Turkey shuts scores of media outlets, sacks generals". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ Police raid TV station over ‘terror propaganda,’ cut broadcast
- ^ "İMC TV de kapatıldı" [IMC TV was also closed] (in Turkish). BBC World Service. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Turkey police shut down pro-Kurdish TV channel live on air". Gulf News. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ Saeed, Seevan (2016). Kurdish Politics in Turkey: From the PKK to the KCK. Routledge. p. 89. ISBN 978-1138195295.
- ^ https://kurdtvs.net/ https://kurdtvs.net Kurdish TV Channels List
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