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''2000'e DoÄŸru'' () was a weekly Turkish
news magazine A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio, or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories in greater depth than newspapers or new ...
. It was published between 1987 and 1992.


History and profile

''2000'e DoÄŸru'' was established in January 1987 by
Doğu Perinçek Doğu Perinçek (; born 17 June 1942) is a Turkish politician, doctor of law and former communist revolutionary who has been chairman of the left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party since 2015. He was also a member of the Talat Pasha Committee, an ...
. The publisher was Sistem Yayıncılık. In 1989 it had a circulation of around 22,000 copies making it the second-highest circulation news weekly behind '' Nokta''. Contributors included Halil Berktay,
Aziz Nesin Aziz Nesin (; born Mehmet Nusret, 20 December 1915, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 6 July 1995, Izmir , Turkey) was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, ...
,
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, Turan Dursun and Soner Yalçın. In 1987 editor Fatma Yazici was sentenced to one year and four months for "insulting" President
Kenan Evren Ahmet Kenan Evren (17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish military officer and dictator who served as the seventh president of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup. On 18 June 2014, a Turkish cou ...
.Lois Whitman, Jeri Laber (1987)
State of Flux: Human Rights in Turkey : December 1987 Update
Human Rights Watch, 1 Jan 1987. p24
Within the first two years the magazine had had 28 cases brought against it by the government, and editor Yazici had been sentenced to over eight years in prison. Several 1987 issues repeating statements made by
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 â€“ 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...
about autonomy for Kurds were confiscated before publication. The ''2000'e DoÄŸru'' edition of 16 February 1992 reported that eyewitnesses and sympathizers of Kurdish Hizbollah had informed them that members of the organization were trained in the headquarters of Turkey's rapid deployment force (''
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'') in
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. Two days after the article was published, its author, Halit Güngen, was killed by unidentified murderers.
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Headquartered in New York City, the group investigates and reports on issues including War crime, war crimes, crim ...
, 16 February 2000
''What is Turkey's Hizbullah?''
The magazine folded in 1992.


References

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