Turkish TV in Switzerland: Zattoo's 23 channels and Salt's package compared

As read from each provider's page:

Zattoo names its 23 channels. They include TRT 1, TRT Türk, TRT Spor, TRT Belgesel, TRT Çocuk, TRT Müzik, Show Türk, Kanal 7 Avrupa, Haber Türk, CNN Türk, Halk TV, Euro D, Euro Star, Fenerbahçe TV, among others, with beIN Movies Türk and further sport, film and children's channels. The package is added to a Free, Premium or Ultimate account, and Zattoo says it includes restart, live pause and recording. The full list is on Zattoo's package page.

Salt describes its package as the 7 biggest generalist channels in Turkey, added to Salt TV and cancellable to month's end on one month's notice. The seven are not named on the page read, so look at the channel list in the app or ask Salt before you order.

Zattoo's package names 23 channels against Salt's seven, which settles the question of range. Whether it is the right one depends on your starting point. If you already have Salt TV, the Salt package is the only add-on that works with your box; if you have no operator contract, Zattoo's trial lets you test the channels on your own TV first. Compare the current prices on both pages and add up the bill with TV costs in Switzerland.

Zattoo's list includes TRT Spor and Fenerbahçe TV, and news from TRT, Haber Türk, CNN Türk and Halk TV. Live matches from the Turkish league are sold separately by territory, so a channel list that shows a sports channel does not prove a given match is on it. Check the match against the channel's schedule in the trial.

Licensed offers list their channels and terms before you pay. A seller who offers every Turkish channel and more for a few francs a month cannot have paid for the rights, and IPTV scams and red flags shows what to check.

Several names in Zattoo's list say who the feed is made for: Kanal 7 Avrupa (Avrupa is Turkish for Europe), TV8 Int and TGRT EU HD. These are feeds prepared for viewers in Europe, and they can differ from the domestic channel in their schedule and in which programmes carry rights outside Turkey.

If you follow one series or one league, look at the feed's schedule during the free month before you commit, instead of assuming that the Turkish channel you know is the one in the package.

See also Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian TV, Foreign-language TV and Zattoo Free, Premium, Ultimate. For the whole picture, start from IPTV Switzerland: licensed providers compared.