During the Cold War, East and West blocs effectively used propaganda tools to spread their ideologies. The widening of the radio's area of influence day by day and its easy access to homes made it an important instrument in this process. For this purpose, many radio stations have been established in both blocks. The Communist Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP) Foreign Office set up Our Radio (Turkish: Bizim Radyo) in Leipzig in 1958. It had continued its broadcasting life

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... ntil 1989. The Bizim Radyo broadcasting gathered a significant popular interest since the state radio broadcasting was generally accepted one-sided. With its substantial infrastructure, its airwaves reached places that the state radio could not reach. Bizim Radio's broadcasts, mainly on current developments, soon became political. It operated as the official call of the TKP Foreign Office and prepared its broadcasting in this direction. Bizim Radio has played a role in shaping the relations between Turkey and the Soviet Union. Turkish officials expressed their discomfort about Bizim Radio broadcasts and demanded from the Soviet officials their activities to end. The Soviet officials, on the other hand, rejected this offer claimimg the radio did not have relations with the SU. However, according to the Turkish officials, the Bizim Radio was operating in the territory of the Democratic Republic of Germany, but it was under the control of the Soviet Union. The study gives information about the establishment process and flow of Bizim Radio. In addition to this, the question of what role it played in relations of the Soviet Union's with Turkey, will be answered through first hand sources and with research works.