{"id":30008,"date":"2025-07-02T09:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T11:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:32:25","slug":"spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacetoon Expands to T\u00fcrkiye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spacetoon Group has expanded into T\u00fcrkiye, rolling out a free-to-air channel as well as a streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the launch of Spacetoon T\u00fcrkiye and the Turkish expansion of Spacetoon Go, the company has established an L&amp;M operation in the country. Kemal Co\u015fkuner, former general manager of Disney Channel T\u00fcrkiye, is leading Spacetoon\u2019s expansion into T\u00fcrkiye, with G\u00fcl Disma tapped as head of licensing and toys.<\/p>\n<p>Acquired titles on Spacetoon T\u00fcrkiye include <em>The Smurfs<\/em>, <em>Bluey<\/em>, <em>The Adventures of Paddington<\/em>, <em>Kid Lucky<\/em>, <em>Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City<\/em>, <em>44 Cats<\/em>, <em>Naruto<\/em>, <em>Doraemon<\/em> and <em>Bey Blade X<\/em>. The channel is being carried on Digiturk, Dsmart, Tivibu, TV+, S Sport+ and KabloTV.<\/p>\n<p>Fayez Al-Sabbagh, CEO of Spacetoon Group, said: \u201cThe launch of Spacetoon T\u00fcrkiye marks a significant step in our expansion strategy within the Turkish market. Our primary focus remains on our audience\u2014children and families. We aim to deliver an unparalleled viewing experience through captivating programming, creative songs and engaging TV fillers. Our mission is to grow together, inspiring, educating and entertaining our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamel Weiss, international business development director of Spacetoon Group, added: \u201cExpanding into T\u00fcrkiye is a key step in Spacetoon\u2019s global journey. With Spacetoon T\u00fcrkiye, we\u2019re bringing a trusted brand and a model that blends content, L&amp;M, events and toys. I\u2019m especially happy to be working alongside Kemal and Gul\u2014two experienced leaders who share our vision\u2014as we grow our presence and explore new markets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacetoon Group has expanded into T\u00fcrkiye, rolling out a free-to-air channel as well as a streaming platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":30009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[11164,11167,11165,11166,9705,11163],"class_list":["post-30008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-fayez-al-sabbagh","tag-gul-disma","tag-kamel-weiss","tag-kemal-coskuner","tag-spacetoon-group","tag-spacetoon-turkiye","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spacetoon Expands to T\u00fcrkiye - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spacetoon Expands to T\u00fcrkiye - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spacetoon Group has expanded into T\u00fcrkiye, rolling out a free-to-air channel as well as a streaming platform.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T13:34:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T15:32:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/Spacetoon-Turkey-725.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye\/\",\"name\":\"Spacetoon Expands to T\u00fcrkiye - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T13:34:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T15:32:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spacetoon-expands-to-turkiye\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Spacetoon Expands to T\u00fcrkiye\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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