''Radikal'' () was a daily liberal

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newspaper, published in

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. From 1996 it was published by

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. Although Radikal did not endorse a particular political alignment, it was generally considered by the public as a

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newspaper. Despite only having a circulation of around 25,000 (July 2013), it was considered one of the most influential Turkish newspapers. It was praised for its culture, arts, and interview sections, as well as columnists such as M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Hakkı Devrim, Yıldırım Türker, Türker Alkan,

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, and

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, former minister of national education, Murat Yetkin, and

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, son of

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, also write for Radikal. On 22 March 2016, it was announced that the newspaper was shutting down by the end of the month due to financial reasons.

History

Radikal was founded in 1996, and "within a decade ... had become one of the most influential newspapers in the country, especially renowned for its top-drawer columnists and its coverage of intellectual debates". Its circulation, however, remained relatively low. In 2004 Radikal was awarded the Turk Democracy Associations "Democracy Media Award" (jointly with Zaman). In 2007,

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and

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each became 'Radikal's temporary editors-in-chief for a day. The Dogan Group's economics daily

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was merged into Radikal in 2010, with Referans

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Eyüp Can becoming editor-in-chief of the combined paper, replacing

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. Later in 2010 the paper moved to a

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and introduced new columnists

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, and

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. The newspaper stopped printing on 21 June 2014 and was published only digitally, before it was shut abruptly shut down in March 2016. On 4 April 2016, its columnists published their farewell articles on its webpage, reflecting on Radikal's past 20 years. In July 2023, he domain of the newspaper was deserted, resulting the online archive to wipe out.

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, the rights owner, did not make any disclosure about the shut down.

Sections

The paper had following sections: *Türkiye - usually with domestic news *Yaşam () - usually with health and entertainment articles from Turkey and the world *Politika - with political news, focusing on domestic *Dış Haberler - with foreign news *Yorum - opinion pieces, editorials *Ekonomi - economic news *Spor - sports news *Kültür/Sanat - with cultural and art news *"Sıcak Haber" (), online edition with the printed articles The paper also publishes four supplements: *"Kitap" (), weekly book reviews, out on Fridays *"Cumartesi" (), weekend entertainment and news, out on Saturdays *"Radikal 2", op-eds, mostly on social-democracy or current political issues, out on Sundays *"Genç" (), op-eds submitted by college students, out every other Tuesday.

Notable contributors

* İsmail Saymaz (investigative journalist) * Ezgi Başaran (investigative reporter and website managing editor, awarded the Müşerref Hekimoğlu Award 2012)

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* Ertuğrul Mavioğlu (news co-ordinator) *

(columnist) *

Orhan Kemal Cengiz Orhan Kemal Cengiz is a Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist. He graduated in law from the University of Ankara in 1993. From 1997 to 1998 he worked in London. He is president and founding member of the Human Rights Agenda Associati ...

(columnist) *

(columnist) * Ümit Kivanç (columnist) * Yiğit Bulut (columnist, 2001–2007) *

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(columnist, 2001–2008) *

Oral Çalışlar Oral Çalışlar (born 14 December 1946, Tarsus) is a Turkish journalist and writer, currently columnist for ''Radikal'' and '' Serbestiyet'', after briefly working as editor-in-chief of ''Taraf''. He was previously a columnist for ''Cumhuriyet'' ...

(columnist, 2008–2013) *

(columnist, 2010–2011)

References

External links

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