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Halk TV is a Turkish national news and current affairs television channel that was launched in 2005, with its headquarters located in Istanbul, Turkey. The channel is owned by Halk TV Medya Hizmetleri A.Ş., a media company known for its center-left, social democratic, and secular editorial stance. As a dedicated source for online television, Halk TV broadcasts 24 hours a day in the Turkish language with a format focused on political news, investigative journalism, opposition commentary, and coverage of labor, human rights, and social justice issues.
The programming schedule allows viewers to watch live channel coverage of rolling news bulletins, political talk shows, and analysis programs. The channel's flagship program is Halk TV Ana Haber (Halk TV Main News) anchored by Berkant Yıldız, airing weekdays at 19:00 with comprehensive coverage of the day's top stories from a center-left perspective. The morning program Halk Gündemi (Public Agenda) is hosted by Serhan Asker, providing news analysis and interviews with politicians, journalists, and academics from 08:00 to 11:00. Key political talk shows include Şeffaf Oda (Transparent Room) hosted by Sibel Hürtaş, focusing on investigative journalism and political scandals; Kayıt Dışı (Off the Record) hosted by Murat Ağırel, a former prosecutor turned journalist, covering corruption allegations and legal affairs; and Yalansavar (Lie Detector) hosted by Barış Pehlivan, a well-known investigative journalist. The channel also features Emek ve Adalet (Labor and Justice) focused on workers' rights and union activities, and Çapraz Ateş (Crossfire) a political debate program.
For audiences seeking a reliable live stream of Turkish center-left news and political commentary, Halk TV is widely available as a free-to-air service via satellite on Türksat 4A at 42.0 degrees East on frequency 12197 MHz with vertical polarization, a symbol rate of 27500, and FEC of 5/6, using DVB-S2 8PSK transmission and MPEG-4 HD 1080 video encoding. The channel is also carried on major cable networks and IPTV services across Turkey including D-Smart, Turksat Kablo, Tivibu, Vodafone TV, and Türk Telekom TV. The channel is accessible as tv online via its official website halktv.com.tr and through its mobile application, which provide live streaming and video-on-demand archives, ensuring that its political news and investigative programming reaches Turkish audiences across Turkey, the Turkish diaspora in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and Switzerland, as well as Turkish-speaking viewers in Northern Cyprus and Azerbaijan.

