The ''Hürriyet Daily News'', formerly ''Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review'' and ''Turkish Daily News'', is the oldest current English-language daily in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
, founded in 1961. The paper was bought 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 ...
in 2001 and has been under the media group's flagship ''
Hürriyet
''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 ...
'' from 2006; both papers were sold to
Demirören Holding Demiören is a Turkish word meaning ''iron braider'' and may refer to:
Company
* Demirören Group, a Turkish conglomerate
Surname
*Yıldırım Demirören
Yıldırım Demirören (born 6 October 1964) is a Turkish businessman, former chair of ...
in 2018.
Ideology
''Hürriyet Daily News'' has generally taken a
secular and
liberal or
centre-left
Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...
position on most political issues, in contrast to Turkey's other main English-language daily, the ''
Daily Sabah
The ''Daily Sabah'' (lit. "Daily Morning") is a Turkish pro-government daily, published in Turkey. Available in English, Arabic, and owned by Turkuvaz Media Group, ''Daily Sabah'' published its first issue on 24 February 2014. The editor-in-chief ...
'', which is closely aligned with the
Justice and Development Party of
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to ...
. Another conservative competitor, the
Gülen movement-run ''
Today's Zaman'', was shut down by the government following the
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.
In May 2018, the new Erdoğan-aligned owners appointed a new editor and publisher and stated that they intended to run the paper as an independent, non-partisan voice, in implicit contrast to both its previous secular orientation and the ''Daily Sabah''.
Editor
The current editor-in-chief is Gökçe Aytulu, who replaced Murat Yetkin in October 2018.
Columnists
The paper contains domestic, regional, and international news coverage, economic and cultural reporting, as well as regular opinion pieces from leading Turkish journalists and thinkers such as
Mehmet Ali Birand
Mehmet Ali Birand (9 December 1941 – 17 January 2013) was a Turkish journalist, political commentator and writer.
Biography
He was born to İzzet and his wife Mürvet on 9 December 1941 in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. His mother was of Kurdish de ...
,
,
Nuray Mert
Nuray Mert, (born 1960 in Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish columnist and political scientist. She is a columnist for Hürriyet Daily News. Mert is also a Bilderberg participant.
Academic career
After graduating from Feyziye Mektepleri Işık Colle ...
,
Mustafa Akyol, İlhan Tanir,
,
, Semih İdiz, and former editor David Judson.
References
External link
Newspapers published in Istanbul
1961 establishments in Turkey
Publications established in 1961
English-language newspapers published in Turkey
Daily newspapers published in Turkey
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