Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

Under the theme "A World at Breaking Point: Managing Crises and Transformations", the 8th annual TRT World Forum 2024, a prominent global event organized by TRT, continues to influence the global agenda. In the opening session, TRT Director General Mehmet Zahid Sobacı stated: "We are facing a crisis more devastating and destructive than any we have known. This crisis is a crisis of conscience.

The prestigious organization of TRT, which shapes the global agenda, is being held for the eighth time this year. Experts in various fields, including academics, politicians, civil society workers, think tank specialists, bureaucrats, and journalists, will meet in Istanbul for two days to address important global issues.

A bus crashed through a highway bridge near Ankara early Friday, killing nine people and injuring 26, the governor of Türkiye's capital region said.

The accident occurred at 5:00 am (0200 GMT), the TRT public television channel said. It was travelling from the central province of Eskişehir.

Turkish women's volleyball team triumphed over the Dominican Republic 3-1 in their second match at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1, clinching a place in the quarterfinals.

Despite losing the first set 21-25 at the South Paris Arena, Türkiye rallied to win the next three sets 25-18, 25-22 and 25-15.

The Turkish ministry of culture and tourism completed a digital scan of Hagia Sophia in Instanbul to create its perfect "digital twin," as part of a program to produce a record of the monument, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Thursday.

Turkish media are prominently covering the Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace, representing mostly the Muslim minority in Greece's northeast.

A new trend is sweeping through Turkish television, as shows increasingly depict the intersection of secular and religious groups, serving as a potential bridge for dialogue between different segments of society, according to researchers.

A huge landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said.

The landslide at the Copler mine happened at 2.30 p.m. near the town of Ilic in Turkey's mountainous Erzincan province. Footage seemingly shot by a nearby worker showed a massive wave of earth rushing down a gully, engulfing everything in its path.

The winners of "TRT World Citizen", a project initiated by TRT in 2017 with the principle of "Inspiring Positive Change", have been revealed.

Launched in 2017 and held for the seventh time on 8-9 December this year with the theme "Thriving Together: Responsibilities, Actions and Solutions", TRT World Forum 2023 was concluded. More than 150 speakers and more than one thousand participants from nearly 100 countries attended the forum, where global problems were discussed for two days.