''BirGün'' (''One Day'') is an
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
-based
Turkish left-wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...
daily.
The paper was founded in 2004 by a group of Turkish intellectuals. The most important point of the newspaper is that it is not owned by any parent company or conglomerate.
Since its foundation, the newspaper had to face serious pressures from publishing trusts, mainly to affiliated with
Doğan Media Group that owns the vast majority of the market. Whereas most of the newspapers in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
pay paper and publishing cost as installments, ''BirGün'' had to pay in cash. In order to afford the costs, the newspaper first launched a subscription campaign, then raised its price to 0.75
TL. The price was 1 TL in 2012 and 1,5 TL in Summer 2015 while also costs 40
kuruş
Kuruş ( ; ), also gurush, ersh, gersh, grush, grosha, and grosi, are all names for currency denominations in and around the territories formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. The variation in the name stems from the different languages it is us ...
(0,4 TL) on
universities in Turkey. ''BirGün'' 's sales have tripled since 2013, especially after the
Gezi protests, reaching 25,000 copies.
Hrant Dink, who was murdered in 2007, was also one of ''BirGün'' 's writers.
Most of the ''BirGün'' columnists are members or sympathizers of the socialist
Left Party (SOL), formerly known as the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP), which is a member of
Party of the European Left
The Party of the European Left (PEL), or European Left (EL), is a European political party that operates as an association of democratic socialist and communist political parties in the European Union and other European countries. It was formed ...
and one of the founders of
European Anti-Capitalist Left
The European Anti-Capitalist Left (EACL) was a left-wing European political alliance.
The EACL took part in the Europe against Austerity Conference in 2011 and 2012.
Ideology
Parties participating in the EACL are united in opposition to neo- ...
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Columnists
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Ataol Behramoğlu
Ataol Behramoğlu (born April 13, 1942) is a prominent Turkish poet, author, and Russian-into-Turkish literary translator.
Life
Ataol Behramoğlu was born on April 13, 1942, in Istanbul. He wrote poems in honour of his father Hikmet Bahramoglu, ...
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Korkut Boratav
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Hrant Dink
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Fikri Sağlar
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Süreyya Evren
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Zeynep Kuray
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Sabri Kuşkonmaz
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Oğuzhan Müftüoğlu
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Sırrı Süreyya Önder
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Ece Temelkuran
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Güven Gürkan Öztan
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BirGün Columnists
Newspapers published in Istanbul
Turkish-language newspapers
Newspapers established in 2004
Socialist newspapers
2004 establishments in Turkey
Daily newspapers published in Turkey
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