| beIN Sports | |
| Logo Alt: | Logo of beIN SPORTS |
| Launch Date: | 4 September 2000 |
| Picture Format: | 2160p UHDTV (downscaled to 1080p and 576i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds, respectively) |
| Network: | beIN Sports |
| Owner: | beIN Media Group |
| Key People: | Nasser Al-Khelaifi (Chairman) Yousef Al-Obaidly[1] (CEO) |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Language: | Turkish |
| Area: | Turkey |
| Headquarters: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Former Names: | Işık TV (2000–2001) Lig TV (2001–2017) |
| Sister Channels: | beIN Sports MENA beIN Sports France beIN Sports USA beIN Sports Canada beIN Sports Australia |
| Online Serv 1: | beIN Connect |
beIN Sports Turkey is a Turkish network of sports channels owned by beIN Media Group and operated by Digiturk.[2] It is the Turkish version of the global sports network beIN Sports.[3]
In 2000, it was purchased by Mehmet Emin Karamehmet under the name Işık TV for the Digiturk platform. In 2001, its name was changed to Lig TV by Mehmet Emin Karamehmet and Şansal Büyüka. In 2017, the name was changed again to beIN Sports by beIN Media Group. It is Turkey's first and only foreign-owned sports channel, holding the broadcasting rights of Süper Lig matches since the beginning of 2001 and broadcasting on the Digiturk digital platform.[4] [5]