TRT became a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1972 and joined the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in 2004. TRT operates 17 television channels—five of which are in HD—and 17 radio stations, offering diverse content including general entertainment, music, sports, children’s programming, and news.

After graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Elchin Ibadov began his career as a Research Specialist at the World Trade Center Chicago in 2002. He spent 11 years at PwC, starting in 2003, in various roles. From 2014 to 2019, Ibadov served as Finance Director and CFO at STAR Refinery, and in November... View Article

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H.E. Mr. Kubanychbek Omuraliev is the Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). Born on September 15, 1960, in Bokonbaevo, Kyrgyzstan, he has served in various high-level diplomatic positions throughout his distinguished career. Prior to his current role, Mr. Omuraliev was the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Türkiye (2019–2022) and Israel …

Fatih Er is a founding member of TRT’s international English broadcasting news channel, TRT World, where he is currently Director of News, Programmes and Visual. He began his journalism career in local media then worked at Kanal 7 followed by Star Haber. As a founding member at TV Net and Kanal 24, he worked as a foreign news editor and ...

H.E. Achmad Rizal Purnama serves as the Ambassador of Indonesia to Türkiye. Before his appointment, he was Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2020 and Director for Middle East Affairs from 2019-2020. He held diplomatic roles in Washington, D.C., and the United Nations in New York, focusing on political and environmental... View Article

Dr. Jagannath Panda is the Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) in Sweden. He also serves as a Professor in the Department of Regional and Global Studies at the University of Warsaw, and as a Senior Fellow at The Hague... View Article

Dr. Murat Jane graduated from Gazi University with a degree in International Relations in 2007, then earned his master’s degree in 2013 and Ph.D. in 2020, both from Bursa Uludağ University. His academic research focuses on Russian foreign policy, the Caucasus, and the history of diplomacy. Since 2020, Dr. Jane has been an Assistant Professor... View Article

On October 21, 2019 TRT World Research Centre held a roundtable meeting titled “Geopolitical Dimensions of Energy Resources in the Eastern Mediterranean”. This was part of a series of roundtable meetings in the two-day TRT World Forum 2019, which included 12 public sessions and 15 closed sessions and nine keynote speeches and exclusive talks.