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Semerkand TV is a Turkish religious channel that began broadcasting on 29 May 2010 over the Türksat satellite and the cable platforms. It takes its name from Samarkand, the Silk Road city associated with centuries of Islamic scholarship.

Religious programming, children and women

The grid is built on religious programmes — teaching, sermons and discussion of Islam and daily life — with children's shows and programmes for women alongside them. That combination is typical of Turkish religious broadcasting, which addresses the household as a whole rather than a single audience.

The Semerkand community

The channel shares its name with the Semerkand publishing house and magazine, and it draws its speakers from the religious community around them. A broadcaster attached to a community can produce teaching at length, because that community supplies both the speakers and the audience.

HD on three platforms in 2012

The channel expanded its reach quickly: HD broadcasts on Türksat in November 2012, on the Teledünya cable network later that month, and on the D-Smart platform in December 2012. Carriage on a satellite and two subscription platforms within weeks shows how the distribution market in Turkey worked at the time.

Religious channels in Turkey

Turkey has several religious broadcasters, most of them connected to foundations or communities rather than to the state, and they sit alongside the Diyanet's own programming on public television. Their audiences are substantial, particularly outside the large cities.

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