Media
The main newspaper of Kosovo Turks was weekly "Dawn" (Tan), published under State control from 1969 until the end of the Kosovo conflict (1998–99). Before 1969, Kosovo Turks had no independent Turkish press. Another Turkish newspaper, the famous "Unity" (Birlik), published in Skopje by Macedonia Turks since 1944, also dealt with Kosovo Turks. After 1999, the first independent Turkish newspaper appeared: "New Period" (Yeni Dönem).
Other important Turkish newspapers are:
- Our Voice (Sesimiz), the official newspaper of KTDP
- Your Environment (Çevren) since 1973
- Avalanche (Çığ)
- Bird (Kuş) since 1974
- Pearl (İnci)
Radio broadcasting in Turkish started as early as in 1951; as to television broadcasting in Turkish, it started by 1974. By civil initiative, Kosovo Radio-Television agreed to broadcast 5-minutes-long news and another 40-minutes-long program in weekends in Turkish. Along with Kosovo Radio, which transmitted 2-hours-long programs in Turkish, another two Turkish radios were founded: New Period Radio in Prizren and Kent FM Radio in Pristina. Since the 1st of February, 2003, the New Period Radio broadcasts in four languages: 21 hours in Turkish, 3 hours in Albanian, Bosnian and Roman. This is the first radio, which broadcasts in four languages in Kosovo.
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