It was founded in 2007 by Soner Yalçın and Cüneyt Özdemir; Özdemir soon left after a difference of opinion.
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In February 2011 odatv's offices were raided and some of its staff arrested (including owner Soner Yalçın and executive editor Barış Pehlivan as well as news co-ordinator Doğan Yurdakul, journalist Barış Terkoğlu and others) and accused of links with the Ergenekon organization.