Georgia wants Turkey's TRT to broadcast in Georgian

The improvement of historical ties and cultural relations between Turkey and Georgia was of great importance, Georgian Minister Yulon Gagoshidze told in an interview with Turkey's state-run Anatolian Agency.

"Turkey is a special country for us. It would be beneficial if TRT started broadcasting in the Georgian language upon a demand from the Georgian community living in Turkey," Gagoshidze said.

Turkey's state-run radio and television network TRT started broadcasting in Kurdish officially this month.

TRT's Director General Ibrahim Sahin has said the state-run TV channel would soon start activities to launch new TV channels that would broadcast in Arabic, Persian and English.

Gagoshidze said Georgia's state-run TV had been preparing programs in an effort to inform the Georgian community in Turkey on their mother tongue as well, adding that such broadcasts were watched frequently by Georgians in Turkey.

He added the Georgian state TV was also asked to prepare cultural programs and broadcast movies with Turkish subtitles so as to help the Georgian community improve their language skills and cultural characteristics.