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PTV is keen on breaking a YouTube world record with a little help from Ertugrul

PTV is keen on breaking a YouTube world record with a little help from Ertugrul

The channel wants to rack up over 6.6 million subscribers by the end of this month
Updated 12 May, 2020

It is no surprise that Turkish drama Dirilis Ertugrul has become a monster hit, not only in the Middle East but also right here in Pakistan, being binge-watched by millions quarantined in their homes.

Recently, after Prime Minister Imran Khan encouraged Pakistanis to watch the series, the country's national channel is mobilising fans and followers to break a new world record.

"Let’s get the world record for most new subscribers in 1 month on YouTube. The current record is 6.6 million and the channel Ertugrul Ghazi can beat that with your love! We have 15 days to make history,"

The channel then posted that within 14 hours of their request, they witnessed an increase of 94,000 subscribers, updating a live countdown of the exciting news.

"Due to the unprecedented following of #ErtugrulUrduPTV on PTV, and its mass appeal with Pakistani audiences, the official YouTube channel #TRTErtugrulByPTV has crossed 1 million followers & counting! Long live Pakistan-Turkey friendship!" they celebrated.

Just 5M more subscribers to go! Bet Shaan's not going to be happy about this...

Comments

M. Emad May 09, 2020 04:58pm
The real Ertuğrul (died c. 1280) without any fight fled from his native West-Central Asia to Anatolia (present Turkey) to escape the Mongol conquests.
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Sufiyan Ali May 09, 2020 05:10pm
Yeah breaking records with a copied content.
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Cris Dan May 09, 2020 05:22pm
Good.
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Logicalhuman May 09, 2020 05:33pm
PTV should be making records with their own locally made content, not for some Turkic serials.
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Suleman May 09, 2020 06:06pm
Amazing response to a great serial. People like Shaan should try to produce something similar rather than crying sour grapes.
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Priya May 09, 2020 07:02pm
Not just Pakistan guys. Ertugrul is binge watched in India as well.
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R S SHARMA May 09, 2020 07:10pm
The title is bit confusing, little help ? What is the contribution of PTV, a drama made in other country is being aired on third country platform and PTV lapping self for great achievement.
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Brownflower May 09, 2020 08:22pm
From Arabs to Chinese to now the Turkish. The identity crisis keeps on.
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Faisal May 09, 2020 09:16pm
Why is our national channel promoting foreign content ?
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Ehsan May 09, 2020 09:17pm
Hope this stirs up PTV to make a world class show of our local heroes
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M. Saeed May 09, 2020 11:19pm
I request Chinese friends to help us out in making this new record by subscribing to this historic Turkish drama.
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Faran May 10, 2020 01:44am
It is sad that we can not produce world class media always depend on imported bollywood or Turkish media. Ultimately it is the producers of these media earns royalty. Also this shows our confusion of identity between Arabic or Turkish or Indian.
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Zak May 10, 2020 02:02am
It should be shown in India, 24/7
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parveez shafi May 10, 2020 03:47am
Must watch for all ages
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Sam Sam May 10, 2020 05:30am
That's True It Will Make A World Record Soon!!!
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Rana Talha Abid May 10, 2020 05:52am
Love from Dubai
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Singh May 10, 2020 06:18am
Congrats
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Deepak Rao May 10, 2020 07:35am
Records are meant to be broken. Good luck
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Zufliqar May 10, 2020 08:48am
What a show. Too bad I've reached season 5 with subtitles. Wish they'd made the urdu version 3 months ago.
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Anon May 10, 2020 09:13am
Cool.
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Nadeem May 10, 2020 01:15pm
Not to say that Ertugrul shouldn't play here, but our drama industry is fast running out of their own creative content. More productions like Suno Chanda etc also need to come out.
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Mohsii May 10, 2020 04:43pm
Session 2 hindi dual audio me nahi aa raha hai Kab aainga piz rep me
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Syed May 10, 2020 09:47pm
Watching Etugrul has been a lot of fun. Now the entire family is watching it.
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MUZAFFAR HAYAT May 11, 2020 07:08pm
I like drama Ertugrul I watch every day
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Khalid iqbal May 12, 2020 12:37am
I watched it , off and on , I must say the whole thing is so well done , it looks real , the intensity of action is very captivating , acting so mature, the content so captivating ,Pakistani drama can learn a lot , and make real life dramas on Muslim heroes , the glamorous rule of Hindustan by the Muslims for seven hundred years , the evolvement of poetry , and music and the cuisine , allthat developed in those seven hundred years of Muslim rule.
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Faisal Khan May 13, 2020 12:57pm
@M. Emad You should read a little history first.
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