Demirören News Agency (DHA; tr, Demirören Haber Ajansı) is a Turkish news agency which was founded in 1999. It is owned by the

Demirören Group Demirören Group is a Turkish conglomerate company. Its properties include Milangaz (a liquefied petroleum gas distributor with 9% of the Turkish market), the Demirören İstiklal shopping mall in Taksim Square, as well as several newspapers, te ...

. It provides news in English, German and Chinese as well as Turkish. In 2011 it had 41 offices in Turkey and 26 abroad. Formerly owned by the

Doğan Media Group Doğan Media Group (''Doğan Yayın Holding A.Ş.'') was a Turkish media conglomerate, part of the Doğan Holding conglomerate. The company was established in 1997 to bring together Doğan's media properties. These include the '' Posta'', ''Hür ...

and called ''Doğan Haber Ajansı'', DHA was known for its critical coverage of the Turkish president

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the List of presidents of Turkey, 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Lis ...

. In March 2018, the parent company was sold to

whose owner, Erdogan Demirören, is close to the Erdoğan government.''"Turkey’s last big independent media firm is snapped up by a regime ally,"''

The Economist ''The Economist'' is a British weekly newspaper printed in demitab format and published digitally. It focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture. Based in London, the newspaper is owned by The Econo ...

. March 27, 2018.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dogan News Agency News agencies based in Turkey Mass media companies established in 1999 Turkish companies established in 1999

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