After gaining millions of views on each episode on PTV’s YouTube Channel, “Ertugrul: Ghazi” just finished airing its first season in Pakistan, PTV has started airing the much-awaited season 2 of the Turkish epic in Urdu.
The announcement was made on national TV on Friday before the end of season one and PTV’s YouTube channel started uploading the episodes since yesterday.
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نشر مقرر 11 بجے رات اور 12 بجے دوپہر#ErtugrulUrduPTV#TRTErtugrulByPTV pic.twitter.com/LcPh2nGwnh— PTV Home (@PTVHomeOfficial) August 6, 2020
It will be aired five days a week, from Wednesday to Saturday on PTV Home.
In addition, the Urdu version is also available in HD quality on the joint YouTube channel of PTV and TRT.
PTV had previously shattered all records worldwide with crossing 2 million subscribers on the official YouTube channel.
The hashtags #TRTErtugrulByPTV and #ErtugrulYouTubeRecord started trending on Twitter in Pakistan.
PM made sure the serial is accessible to everyone, given that he made a special request to PTV to air the show and later PTV Director for International Relations, Shazia Sikander revealed that “PTV has now received exclusive rights to dub and screen the series in Pakistan.”
He said that it will set a good example of how our media can also recreate history, the way the Turks are depicting theirs.
The story of the historic drama is about the life and adventures of Ertugrul, who is considered to be the father of the Ottoman Empire. It was through his quest against Gengis Khan and Templar Crusaders, banded the Muslim dynasties of the 12th Century together.