In 2014, Turkey banned YouTube after negative comment about leading politicians.
However, Turks have found ways around the ban and viewing has boomed, including of Kanal Hayat programmes. (In 2007, Eurasian Christian Television / Kanal Havat launched what became the first evangelistic television channel to broadcast 24/7 in Turkish.) Follow-up teams visit viewers who want to meet face to face. They bravely travel countrywide, never knowing what reception awaits them. Overwhelmingly, they are greeted with courtesy and lots of questions. In 2013, 470 visits were made and 155 Turks came to Christ. More viewers came to faith at home on their own. Many are added to local churches. Broadcasts now extend to include Azeri, Turkmen and Uzbek.
