page_title: Al Jazeera Media Network
section_title: Al Jazeera Balkans
hierarchical_section_title: Al Jazeera Media Network / History / Al Jazeera Balkans
caption_attribution_description: Wadah Khanfar is the Director General of the Al Jazeera Network.
context_page_description: Al Jazeera Media Network is a Qatari state-owned media conglomerate headquartered in Doha, Qatar. It is the parent company of Al Jazeera and its related networks. The chairman is Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani. The acting director general is Mostefa Souag.
  The network's news operation currently has 70 bureaux around the world that are shared between the network's channels and operations, the second largest amount of bureaux of any media company in the world after the BBC.
context_section_description: In 2011 Al Jazeera Media Network created Al Jazeera Balkans, a version of Al Jazeera in the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language(s) stationed in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina catering to and broadcasting around the Balkans. In 2013 they announced the creation of Al Jazeera Türk, a version of Al Jazeera in the Turkish language(s), stationed in Istanbul, and catering to and broadcasting around Turkey. On January 22, 2014 Al Jazeera Türk's website launched with news content. The move made Al Jazeera Türk the first 24-hour news operation to go digital before broadcast.
caption: Wadah Khanfar, Former Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network
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