First Broadcast In Circassian Starts

ANKARA - Turkish Radio and Television Corp. (TRT) transmitted a program in Circassian on Thursday under its broadcasts in different languages and dialects used traditionally by Turkish citizens in their daily life.
TRT-3 transmitted a 30-minute program in Circassian with Turkish subtitles.
The program entitled ''Our Cultural Heritage'' will be broadcast every week day at 10.30 a.m. at TRT-3 with different languages and dialects. The first program consisted of foreign and domestic news summaries and sports events.
Radio-1 and TRT-3 will broadcast programs in Bosnian on Mondays, Arabic on Tuesdays, Kirmanji on Wednesdays, Circassian on Thursdays and Zaza on Fridays.
(UK-AÖ) 10.06.2004