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At TRT World, audiences can expect balanced, in-depth reporting with a focus on global responsibility. Headquartered in Istanbul, with four newsrooms located around the world, we bring you news coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
TRT World is on your TV, bringing you live reports and documentaries. Online, you’ll find articles and podcasts, which means you can take the news with you on the go. TRT World follows you.
TRT World is on your TV, bringing you live reports and documentaries. Online, you’ll find articles and podcasts, which means you can take the news with you on the go. TRT World follows you.
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The East India Company once ruled British India with its own army and tax system. Centuries later, its revived luxury brand has gone bankrupt. We explore how a trading firm became an empire in its own right and reshaped global capitalism.
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
At the height of global attention on the release of the Epstein files, the spotlight abruptly shifted as the US-Israeli war on Iran began. Was its timing a coincidence or a calculated diversionary war move?
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
After WWII, world leaders were largely off limits in conflict. But the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has raised a troubling question: has the global taboo on targeting leaders collapsed, and what might it mean for the world?
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
Ramadan in Gaza once meant crowded mosques, lantern-lit streets and family laughter. But after years of genocidal war, tens of thousands dead and a fragile ceasefire, the holy month arrives amid rubble, grief, and hunger
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
After the US announced the release of all government files related to UFOs and extraterrestrial life, global curiosity has reignited. From Roswell to Area 51, what do we actually know about life beyond Earth, and what remains pure speculation?
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
Political uncertainty is shaking global markets. In turbulent times, investors turn to gold. But why does it thrive during a crisis? This episode explores gold’s role as a safe haven, an inflation hedge, and a symbol of trust when confidence erodes
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
As artificial intelligence drives global demand for computing power, tech giants are hitting hard limits on Earth - from immense strain on power grids to soaring water use. Now, a radical idea is gaining momentum: moving data centres into orbit
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
Bangladesh heads to the polls for the first time since longtime leader Sheikh Hasina’s fall in 2024. After decades of coups, dynastic rivalry and authoritarian rule, analysts see the vote as a possible democratic reset
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
Türkiye is building a space launch facility in Somalia, aiming to overcome global launch bottlenecks and gain strategic autonomy in orbit as the space economy heads towards a projected $1.8 trillion future
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
Palestinian psychiatrist Dr. Samah Jabr reflects on mental health under occupation, where trauma is ongoing and safety is never guaranteed. She challenges Western models of care and explores agency, collective healing, and resistance in Palestine.
Iran’s protests began with economic collapse but quickly turned into a deeper challenge to political legitimacy. Unfolding after war, amid elite fractures and foreign pressure, they signal a more fragile and uncertain phase ahead.
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
For centuries, Istanbulites have believed that four sacred figures watch over the Bosphorus. From dawn prayers to ship horn salutes, their tombs form a spiritual map that continues to shape daily life in the mega-city
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
Around the world, teenagers and even adults are turning to AI chatbots as if they were therapists. Why are people turning to AI for emotional support and why are experts warning that this illusion of empathy poses a danger.
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
When historians look back at 2025, AI may stand out as the year’s defining global force. It quietly embedded itself into power, economies and everyday workflows. We explore the five shifts that stopped AI being the future - and became the present.
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
Software underpins everything from hospitals to global air travel, yet a single glitch can ripple worldwide. In this episode, we discuss how interconnected systems amplify risk and what organisations can do to stop failures becoming systemic crises.
Renewed fighting along the Thai–Cambodian border has displaced hundreds of thousands and revived a dispute rooted in colonial-era maps and contested history. In this episode, we discuss why ceasefires keep collapsing and how nationalist narratives shape public opinion.
Host/Producer: Ezgi Toper
Guest: Dr. Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi
Craft Editor: Nasrullah Yilmaz
Production Team: Afzal Ahmed, Ahmet Ziya Gumus, Mucteba Samil Olmez, Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
This episode dives into the escalating rift between the United States and South Africa after US President Donald Trump skipped the G20 summit in Johannesburg and moved to bar Pretoria from attending next year’s summit in Miami.
Host/Producer: Ezgi Toper
Guest: Grace Kuria Kanja
Craft Editor: Nasrullah Yilmaz
Production Team: Afzal Ahmed, Ahmet Ziya Gumus, Mucteba Samil Olmez, Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
A young African man’s lifelong phobia of buttons reveals how ordinary objects can become overwhelming prisons and why phobias remain some of the most misunderstood human fears
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
This episode breaks down how Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted for attempting to overturn Brazil’s 2022 election and explores what his imprisonment means for the country’s political future.
Host/Producer: Ezgi Toper
Guest: Luqman Nieto
Craft Editor: Nasrullah Yilmaz
Production Team: Afzal Ahmed, Ahmet Ziya Gumus, Mucteba Samil Olmez, Khaled Selim Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
What if we stopped posting on social media?
Episode Description: Is disconnecting the real key to happiness? This episode explores the shift from the fear of missing out to the joy of missing out, revealing how stepping away from social media can reduce stress and help us reconnect with real life
Host/Producer: Afzal Ahmed
Craft Editor: Khaled Selim
Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana
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