What Trthaber does

TRT Haber (Trthaber) is the digital news platform of Türk Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), Turkey's state-run public broadcaster, headquartered in Ankara. Launched in 2007 as the online extension of TRT, the platform serves Turkish citizens and the broader Turkish-speaking audience with breaking news, live television streaming, and location-specific weather forecasting covering all 81 Turkish provinces. Content spans politics (Gündem), Türkiye, World (Dünya), Turkish World (Türk Dünyası), Economy (Ekonomi), Sports (Spor), Defense (Savunma), Culture-Art, Health, Technology, and Environment, delivered via text articles, video galleries, photo galleries, podcasts, infographics, and interactive features.

The technical architecture is a digital news portal with two distinctive integrated features: live TV streaming (Canlı Yayın) of the TRT Haber broadcast and a province-level weather forecasting module. Distribution spans the trthaber.com website, iOS and Android mobile applications, traditional broadcast channels (cable, satellite, digital terrestrial), and social media (X, YouTube, LinkedIn). The platform operates within the broader TRT ecosystem that includes the tabii streaming service and TRT Akademi educational platform.

Trthaber runs on a government-funded, advertising-supported model with no user fees — the service is free to all consumers. As a state-owned entity under the Turkish Prime Ministry's purview, it is not privately held or venture-backed; its customer base is the general Turkish public, horizontally segmented by persona, with no enterprise clients, no pricing tiers, and no direct user revenue. Monetization occurs organizationally through public funding allocations and advertising, meaning the unit economics relevant to a typical digital publisher (ARPU, churn, LTV) do not apply in the conventional sense.

Name

Trthaber

Legal name

TRT Haber (Türk Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu Haber)

Website

https://trthaber.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

TRT Haber is the digital news platform of Turkey's state-owned public broadcaster TRT, serving Turkish citizens with breaking news, live TV streaming, weather forecasts, and multimedia content across all 81 provinces.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital News Media

akta.pro primary industry

Traffic & Transit News Channels (MPABAIAK)

Keywords

• Digital news platform
• Live TV streaming
• Weather forecasting
• Breaking news coverage
• Current affairs broadcasting

Headquarters

HQ city

Ankara

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: TRT Haber is part of TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation), which is a state-owned broadcaster funded by the Turkish government

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Trthaber is the digital news platform of Turkey's state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), delivering breaking news, current affairs coverage, live television streaming, and weather forecasting content to Turkish audiences via its website (trthaber.com) and mobile applications. The service is offered free of charge to consumers and monetizes through advertising, with comprehensive coverage across categories including politics, Turkey, world, Turkish world, economy, sports, defense, culture, health, and weather for all 81 Turkish provinces.

Product overview

TRT Haber operates as a comprehensive digital news platform offering a unified news portal with integrated live television streaming and location-specific weather forecasting services. The core product is the main news website (trthaber.com) which aggregates breaking news and current events across multiple categories including Gündem (Politics), Türkiye, Dünya (World), Ekonomi (Economy), Spor (Sports), Savunma (Defense), and more. The platform also features a live TV streaming service (Canlı Yayın) allowing users to watch real-time broadcasts. A supplementary weather forecasting module provides detailed weather information for all 81 Turkish provinces, including sea water temperatures and detailed forecasts. The platform distributes content through multiple formats including video galleries, photo galleries, podcasts, infographics, and interactive content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TRT Akademi: TRT's educational and academic initiatives platform
• tabii

Products and services

• TRT Haber Web Sitesi Main online news portal aggregating breaking news and current-events coverage across categories including Gündem (Politics), Türkiye, Dünya (World), Ekonomi (Economy), Spor (Sports), Savunma (Defense), Kültür-Sanat (Culture), Sağlık (Health), and more, targeted at Turkish general-public consumers.
• Canlı TV (Live TV Streaming) Live television streaming service enabling users to watch the TRT Haber live broadcast directly via the website and mobile applications, targeted at Turkish viewers seeking real-time access to state broadcaster programming.
• Hava Durumu (Weather Forecast) Weather forecasting service providing current conditions, multi-day forecasts, sea-water temperatures, snow-depth information, and weather warnings for all 81 Turkish provinces and their districts, targeted at Turkish consumers for daily and travel planning.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Milliyet: Established Turkish newspaper with comprehensive digital news platform covering politics, economy, sports, and world news. Directly competes with TRT Haber for general Turkish news audiences.
• Habertürk: Major private Turkish news platform with digital portal, live TV, and weather services. Directly competes with TRT Haber for Turkish digital news consumers with similar feature set.
• NTV: Major private Turkish news broadcaster offering digital news, live TV streaming, and weather information. Direct competitor to TRT Haber in the Turkish digital news market with similar multi-format content strategy.
• Hürriyet: One of Turkey's largest private newspaper groups with a major digital news portal. Competes with TRT Haber for broad Turkish news audiences across politics, economy, sports, and lifestyle.
• Anadolu Agency: Turkey's state-run news agency, providing domestic and international news coverage. Directly comparable to TRT Haber as both are state-affiliated news providers serving Turkish audiences with similar editorial mandate and broad coverage scope.
• CNN Türk: Private Turkish news broadcaster affiliated with CNN International. Competes directly with TRT Haber for digital news audiences, offering 24/7 breaking news coverage and live streaming.
• Daily Sabah: Pro-government Turkish English-language digital news platform. Comparable to TRT Haber in editorial positioning and target audience among government-aligned Turkish news consumers.

Others

• Reuters: Global news agency that supplies news content to TRT Haber and other Turkish outlets. Relevant as a content infrastructure provider and benchmark for digital news distribution at scale.

Broad incumbents

• BBC: UK's public service broadcaster with comprehensive digital news operations in multiple languages including Turkish. Comparable as a public-service broadcaster model with national scope and integrated news/weather offerings.
• Al Jazeera: State-funded international broadcaster with extensive digital news platform. Comparable as a state-backed news organization with multi-language digital operations and broad geographic coverage ambitions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/trthaber
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@trthaber
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trthaber
• Facebookfacebook.com/trthaber

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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