Turkmenistan (TV channel)

{{Short description|Turkmenian television channel}}

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| launch_date = 1 November 2004

| owner = Turkmenistan Government

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| country = Turkmenistan

| area = Worldwide

| headquarters = Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

| former_names = TV-4

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| language = English
Chinese
French
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Russian
Persian

| sister_channels = Altyn Asyr

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Turkmenistan ({{langx|tk|Türkmenistan}}) is a state-owned Turkmenian television channel founded in 2004 aimed at an international audience.{{Cite book|last=Brummell|first=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fG9zk5Y3MugC|title=Turkmenistan|date=2005|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-144-9|pages=55|language=en}} The channel was announced in February and started broadcasting on 12 September the same year.{{Cite web|title=MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OF TURKMENISTAN HOLDING TENDER TO LAUNCH NEW TV CHANNEL {{!}} Turkmenistan.ru|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/node/2858|access-date=2021-06-24|website=www.turkmenistan.ru}}{{Cite web|title=НОВЫЙ СПУТНИКОВЫЙ КАНАЛ ТУРКМЕНСКОГО ТЕЛЕВИДЕНИЯ БУДЕТ ВЕЩАТЬ НА СЕМИ ЯЗЫКАХ {{!}} Интернет-газета Turkmenistan.Ru|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/node/15788|access-date=2021-06-24|website=www.turkmenistan.ru}} As with other channels of Turkmenistan, it is under the control of the Coordinating Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.[http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/node/24904 Президент Туркменистана назначил новых руководителей теле- и радиоканалов] The channel was created in order to avail the international community with the achievements of Turkmenistan in the country's historical transformations in all spheres of public life, as well as to further improve the country's information systems. Altyn Asyr has positioned itself as the main TV channel of Turkmenistan. Television is broadcast in seven audio tracks (Turkmen, Russian, English, French, Chinese, Arabic and Persian). The headquarters is located in Ashgabat.

The channel broadcasts eleven segments in an hourly cycle: policy, economy, agriculture, science, culture, health, history, tourism, sports, weather and no comment.Türkmenistan Watan, 21–27 January 2023