''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the major
Turkish newspapers, founded in 1948.
, it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000.
''Hürriyet'' has a mainstream, liberal and conservative outlook.
''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment value with news coverage.
''Hürriyet'' has regional offices in
Istanbul
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Ankara
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,
Izmir,
Adana
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Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...
,
Antalya
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and
Trabzon
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, as well as a news network comprising 52 offices and 600 reporters in Turkey and abroad, all affiliated with
Doğan News Agency, which primarily serves newspapers and television channels that were previously under the management of
Doğan Media Group (Doğan Yayın Holding). ''Hürriyet'' is printed in six cities in Turkey and in
Frankfurt
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,
Germany
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. , according to
Alexa
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, its website was the tenth most visited in Turkey, the second most visited of a newspaper and the fourth most visited news website. On 21 March 2018, Doğan Yayın Holding, the parent company of Hürriyet, was sold to
Demirören Holding for approximately $1.2 billion. The Demirören Group is known for its pro-government stance.
History
''Hürriyet'' was founded by
Sedat Simavi on 1 May 1948 with a staff of 48. Selling 50,000 in its first week, ''Hürriyet'' was Simavi's 59th and last publication.
It is considered a high-circulation newspaper in Turkey.
In 2018, Hurriyet was bought by
Demirören Holding, owned by the Demirören family who are considered to be close to
President Erdoğan.
Tax fine controversy
In February 2009, the newspaper received an 826.2 million TL (US$523 million) fine for tax evasion by Doğan Group/Petrol Ofisi. Following this, the
Istanbul Stock Exchange
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suspended Doğan Holding's shares, and Fitch downgraded ''Hürriyet'' to 'BB−'.
Executives at the Doğan Group expressed the opinion that the tax fine was politically motivated "intimidation", caused by ''Hürriyet'' linking of Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his political party,
AKP, to a charity scandal in Germany. In March 2009,
Jose Manuel Barroso
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, president of the
European Commission
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, expressed public concern about the fine, saying that it threatened "pluralism and freedom of the press."
[Dogan Hit by $2.5 Billion Tax Fine in Erdogan Feud](_blank)
Seda Sezer and Ben Holland, ''Bloomberg'', September 8, 2009
In September 2009, Doğan Group was fined a record US$2.5 billion, related to alleged past tax irregularities.
The September fine caused further expressions of public concern from the European Commission, as well as the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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.
[Turkish Premier Defends Media Tax Battle](_blank)
Marc Champion, ''The Wall Street Journal
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'', October 5, 2009 It also caused some critics and global investors to compare the fines to then-
Russia
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n President
Vladimir Putin
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's use of tax-evasion charges to bankrupt oil company
Yukos for allegedly political reasons. In an interview, Erdoğan denied this charge, calling it "very ugly" and "disrespectful" to both himself and Putin.
Notable people
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Ahmet Altan
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Fatih Altaylı
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Feyza Algan
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Yalçın Bayer
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Burak Bekdil
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Orhan Boran
Orhan Boran (30 June 1928 – 26 May 2012) was a Turkish radio and TV host and actor. He was also widely known for his laudable usage of the Turkish language.
Early life
Boran was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1928 as the son of Hikmet Bora ...
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Ege Cansen
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Bekir Coşkun
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Emin Çölaşan
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Cengiz Çandar
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Latif Demirci
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Yalçın Doğan
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Bülent Düzgit
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Oktay Ekşi
Osman Oktay Ekşi (born 7 December 1932) is a Turkish journalist, author and politician. He has spent much of his career at the newspaper ''Hürriyet'', and was its Chief Columnist from 1974 to 1983 and from 1985 to 2010. A founding member and v ...
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Çetin Emeç
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Ahmet Hakan
Hakan Coşkun (born 11 August 1967) is a Turkish journalist and columnist, currently working at ''Hürriyet'', CNN Türk and Kanal D. He studied at Bursa Religious High School (Imam Hatip Lisesi) and then Bursa Divinity Faculty (Bursa Ilahiyat Fa ...
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Doğan Hızlan
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Özdemir İnce
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Halit Kıvanç
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Emre Kızılkaya
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Şükrü Kızılot
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Ercan Kumcu
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Gary S. Lachman
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Çetin Özek
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Ertuğrul Özkök
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Güzin Sayar
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Erman Şener
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Tufan Türenç
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Doğan Uluç
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Cüneyt Ülsever
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Sinem Vural
Golden Butterfly Awards
''Hürriyet'', along with
Pantene
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, sponsors the annual Golden Butterfly Awards, in which its readers vote for nominees in the fields of Turkish television and music.
References
External links
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Newspapers published in Istanbul
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