Çukurova Media Group (''Çukurova Medya Grubu'') is a Turkish

media conglomerate A media conglomerate, media company, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, video games, amusement parks, or ...

established, part of the

Çukurova Holding Çukurova Holding, established in 1923, is an industrial and commercial conglomerate based in Turkey. It is engaged in a range of sectors such as industrial, construction, communication and IT, media, transportation, financial services and ene ...

conglomerate. On 18 May 2013 it transferred a substantial number of its properties to the state TMSF, in partial settlement of a tax debt.

History

Newspapers

The newspaper portfolio included ''

Akşam ''Akşam'' (''Evening'') is a Turkish newspaper founded in 1918, owned by Zeki Yeşildağ's Türk Medya Grup (T Medya Yatırım San. ve Tic. AŞ.) since 2013. In 2013 it had a circulation of around 100,000. History ''Akşams founders in 1918 inc ...

'', ''

Tercüman ''Tercüman: Halka ve Olaylara'' was a Turkish daily newspaper. It was founded in 1955 by Kemal Ilıcak (1932–1993), and associated with the center-right. It was based in the now demolished Tercüman Building. It was temporarily closed d ...

'' and '' Güneş''. In January 2009, it acquired a stake in Editions des Deux Terres, a French publisher. The company's magazine portfolio includes Alem (lifestyle magazine launched in 1993), Autocar (launched in 1895), Fourfourtwo (football magazine launched in 2006), Stuff (gadget magazine), Total Film (film magazine launched in 2007), Platin and World Business (business and economy magazine launched in 2006), Maxim (launched in 2007), and Eve. Çukurova suffered during the financial crisis,

Today's Zaman ''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included dom ...

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Television and radio

TurkMedya operated Alem FM (first private radio station in Turkey) and Lig Radyo. Both stations are available through

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, satellite receivers and yayinonline.com. Alem FM broadcasts in 49 regions. AKS Televizyon Reklamcilik ve Filmcilik was established in 1992 and commenced broadcasting as

Show TV Show TV is a Turkish free-to-air national television channel, established in 1991 by Erol Aksoy, Dinç Bilgin, Haldun Simavi and Erol Simavi, owned by the Can Holding. History The channel replaces Cine5's now-defunct frequencies, and it was ...

in Turkey. Skyturk was founded in 2002 by Atlas Yayinclik. It commenced broadcasting on cable and digital platforms in February 2003. Aks Uluslararasi Yayincilik has broadcast ShowTurk since 2005 and ShowMax TV since 2006. ShowPlus is also available through Digiturk, a digital platform.

Properties

Newspapers

* 1982-2008: Bulvar * 1996-2013: Güneş (acquired from Güneri Cıvaoğlu, sold to TMSF.) * 1997-2013:

(acquired from Mehmet Ali Ilıcak, sold to TMSF.) * 1997-2010:

(acquired from Mehmet Ali Ilıcak.)

Television

* 1999-2013:

(acquired from Erol Aksoy, sold to TMSF, which sold to

Ciner Media Group Ciner Media Group (''Ciner Medya Grubu'') is a Turkish media conglomerate established in 2007, part of the Ciner Holding conglomerate. Among other properties, it owns the ''Habertürk'' newspaper, Habertürk TV and Habertürk Radyo, and the tel ...

) * 2000-2013: Lig TV (sold to TMSF.) * 2000-2012: Skytürk * 2004-2006: SinemaTURK * 2004-2008: ElMax * 2005-2013: Show Türk (sold to TMSF) * 2005-2008: S'nek * 2006-2013: İZ TV (sold to TMSF) * 2006-2013: ShowMax TV (sold to TMSF) * 2006-2013: Turkmax (sold to TMSF) * 2008-2011: SporMax * 2012-2013: Skytürk 360 (sold to TMSF) * 2012-: Nickelodeon (Turkey) (50%

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) * 2012-:

MTV Europe MTV Global (formerly MTV Europe) is the international version of the American TV channel MTV as 24-hour music video and entertainment pay television network officially launched on 1 August 1987 as part of the worldwide MTV network. Initia ...

(50% Viacom Internatıonal) * 2012-:

VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global's networks division based in New Y ...

(50% Viacom Internatıonal) * 2012-: MTV Live HD (50% Viacom Internatıonal) * 2012-: MTV Hits (Avrupa) (50% MTV Networks Europe) * 2012-: Nick Jr. (Turkey) (50% iacom Internatıonal)

Radio

* 1994-2013: Alem FM (sold to TMSF) * 2005-2013: Lig Radyo">Alem FM">iacom Internatıonal)

Radio

* 1994-2013: Alem FM (sold to TMSF) * 2005-2013: Lig Radyo (sold to TMSF)

Other

* 1994-2013: Turkcell (sold to TMSF) * 1996-: Azercell * 2013-: Kamucell

References

External links

Çukurova Media Group
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cukurova Media Group Mass media companies of Turkey