Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı (''Babiali Cultural Publications'' in English, abbreviated as ''BKY'') is a

publishing Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

company based in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. The company publishes many different kinds of books.

History

Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı was founded in Istanbul on November 13, 1999 and started to publish books in 2000. It has extended its sphere of activities and brought important books into the Turkish market. Today, it is one of the leading publishing companies in Turkey with popular authors and important books. Until 15 April 2013, Rahîm Er who is the founder of the company was the chairman of the board. Since 15 April 2013, İsmet Demir holds that post.

Name of the company

Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı means ''Babıali Cultural Publications''. The word Babıali (

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish (, ; ) was the standardized register of the Turkish language in the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extensively, in all aspects, from Arabic and Persian. It was written in the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. ...

''Bab-ı Âli'') which means High Porte used to refer to the

Divan A divan or diwan (, ''dīvān''; from Sumerian ''dub'', clay tablet) was a high government ministry in various Islamic states, or its chief official (see ''dewan''). Etymology The word, recorded in English since 1586, meaning "Oriental cou ...

(court) of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

where government policies were established. The particular term was used in the context of

diplomacy Diplomacy is the communication by representatives of State (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international syste ...

by the western states, as their diplomats were received at "porte" (meaning gate). This word also refers to the media and publication sector in Turkey since the headquarters of media companies were based in Babıali region of Cağaloğlu until the late 1990s. Today headquarters of Turkish national media companies are based at modern towers and office buildings in İkitelli and Yenibosna,

. However, Cağaloğlu neighborhood of

Eminönü Eminönü, historically known as Pérama, is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of Istanbul within the Fatih district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara. It is l ...

(in

Fatih Fatih () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metro ...

district) which represents Babıali concept is still the center of book publishing sector of Turkey.

Books

Today as well as valuable Turkish authors, Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı has many famous international books of famous international authors, including the following titles:BKY website
# South Beach Diet (''Miami Diyeti''),

Arthur Agatston Arthur Agatston (born January 22, 1947) is an American cardiologist and celebrity doctor best known as the developer of the South Beach Diet, but also as the author of many published scholarly papers in the field of noninvasive cardiac diagnosti ...

# Un Mensonge Français (''Bir Fransız Yalanı''), Georges-Marc Benamou # Tell No One (''Kimseye Söyleme''),

Harlan Coben Harlan Coben (born January 4, 1962) is an American writer of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past, murders, or fatal accidents and have multiple ...

# Pour Your Heart into It (''Gönlünü İşe Vermek''),

Howard Schultz Howard D. Schultz (born July 19, 1953) is an American businessman and author who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000, from 2008 to 2017, and interim CEO from 2022 to 2023. Schultz owned the Seattle SuperS ...

# Hollywood, Le Pengagon et Washington (''Hollywood, Pentagon ve Washington''), Jean-Michel Valantin # Stupid White Men (''Aptal Beyaz Adamlar''),

Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Moore's work frequently addresses various Social issue, social, political, and economic topics. He first became publicly known for his award-winning debut ...

# Dude, Where's My Country?, (''Ahbap, Memleketim Nerede?''),

Authors

Today Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı has many famous authors, including but not limited to the following names: # Adeline Yen Mah #

Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (; 21 October 179028 February 1869) was a French author, poet, and statesman. Initially a moderate royalist, he became one of the leading critics of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe, aligning more w ...

# Bartalomé de Las Casas # Gabriel Domergue # Georges-Marc Benamou #

# Iris Johansen #

İsmet Miroğlu İsmet Miroğlu (1944–1997) was a Turkish academic. He was a full professor at the Department of History of Istanbul University. Professor Miroğlu was born in the Bayburt province of Turkey. He was a graduate of the Department of History of Is ...

# Jean-Michel Valantin #

John Adair John Adair (January 9, 1757 – May 19, 1840) was an American pioneer, slave trader, soldier, and politician. He was the List of Governors of Kentucky, eighth Governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the United States House of Re ...

# Maria Orsini Natale #

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

# Mahir Kaynak # Yusuf Halaçoğlu #Rahîm Er # Tzvetan Todorov # Yılmaz Öztuna

Haber Kuşağı (haberkusagi.com)

Besides publishing books, Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı was also publishing Haber Kuşağı (''haberkusagi.com'') a democrat online newspaper in Turkish, founded on 2 February 2005, suspended itself on 15 April 2013. Haber Kuşağı was covering politics, culture, science, business, and sports, and was naturally updated throughout each day. Haber Kuşağı used to have several permanent columnists, including academics, former politicians, and some authors of Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı. The word "''haber''" means "news" and "''kuşak''" means "belt", "generation", "brace", and "zone" in Turkish. "''Haber Kuşağı''" means "''News Zone''" and/or "''News Flow''". It is a trademark of Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı registered under the Turkish Patent Institute.

References

External links

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''Haber Kuşağı'' web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Babiali Kultur Yayinciligi Book publishing companies of Turkey Publishing companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in Turkey