The Transition Period to Multi-Channel Television Broadcasting in Turkey and the Analysis of Television Programme Guides

Pınar Aslan; Hakan Koluman; Sena Özşirin

doi:10.60923/issn.2280-9481/21996

Authors

Pınar Aslan Üsküdar University

Pınar Aslan completed her BA in Comparative Literature and Public Relations at Istanbul Bilgi University and an MA in Public Relations at Marmara University. In 2010, she earned a second master’s degree in Literature and Cultural Studies at the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, where she also completed her PhD cum laude with a dissertation on female identity and iconicity. She later pursued a second doctorate at Istanbul University, focusing on Turkish TV series in the Latin American market. Currently she is an Associate Professor of communication. Her research areas include international communication, cultural industries, digital culture, and intercultural communication.
Hakan Koluman Üsküdar University

Hakan Koluman graduated from Akdeniz University Faculty of Communication, Journalism Department in 2017. Hakan Koluman had completed his master’s degree at the Department of New Media and Journalism of Üsküdar University and continues his doctoral studies at the Department of New Media and Communication of Üsküdar University. He had worked as a journalist and editor in economic news departments of various newspapers.
Sena Özşirin Üsküdar University

She graduated from the Journalism Bachelor’s program at Maltepe University in 2018. She also completed a double major in the Radio, TV, and Cinema department. In 2020, she completed her master’s degree at Üsküdar University with a thesis titled ‘Cyber Migration: A Research on the Digital Natives’ Reasons for Leaving Facebook.’ She is currently a PhD student at the same university. She typically investigates the dynamics of human behavior in digital platforms.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60923/issn.2280-9481/21996

Keywords:

1900, Multi-channel television, Television, Television programme guides, Turkey

Abstract

Turkish television content has gained international recognition, with programmes reaching diverse audiences across continents via traditional and digital platforms. Despite this global attention, there remains a significant gap in data-driven, archive-based studies analyzing the shifts in broadcasting logic during Turkey’s transition from a state monopoly to a multi-channel system. This study addresses this gap by focusing on the pivotal year 1990, when private television broadcasting emerged. Nine selected issues of a weekly television magazine called Tv’de 7 Gong were analyzed to capture the diversity of programming across both public and newly established private channels. Using Raymond Williams’ genre categorization framework, this research maps the transformation of Turkish television throughout this critical period.

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