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Turkish television channel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
360 is a privately owned television channel in Turkey.
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| Country | Turkey |
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| Broadcast area | Istanbul |
| Headquarters | Tepeüstü, Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Turkish |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ethem Sancak |
| Sister channels | 24 |
| History | |
| Launched | 31 December 2013 |
| Former names | Skytürk (June 2002 - 23 January 2012)
Skytürk 360 (23 January 2012 - 31 December 2013) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
The channel was initially named Skytürk, from June 2022 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, Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, on October 22, 2009, which was defused by the anti-bomb squad.[1]
In June 2013 Skytürk was seized from Çukurova Holding by the government's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund over unpaid tax debts. In 2016 Skytürk was sold (together with newspaper Akşam and radio stations Best FM to Ethem Sancak.
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