''Bugün'' ( en, Today) was a Turkish

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...

. It was established in 2005. Columnists and journalists working for it have included Cengiz Çandar,

Ahmet Almaz Ahmet Almaz is a Turkish journalist, translator, and non-fiction writer. Almaz was born in Anamur. He attended school in Konya, Ceyhan, Karaman and Anamur. He went to university in 1993, publishing his first work, The Birth of Stars (prepared w ...

, Toktamış Ateş and Kamil Maman. ''Bugün'' was founded in January 2003 as ''Dünden Bugüne Tercüman'', an attempt to resurrect ''

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. The newspaper closed after Ilıcak's death, and the name was acquired by the Çukur ...

''. It was renamed in 2005. The paper belonged to the

Koza Ipek Holding KOZA (1230 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a Tejano music format, licensed to Odessa, Texas. The station was last owned by Stellar Media, Inc. History KOSA KOSA went on the air at 7 am on January 19, 1947, as the CBS radio station for the ...

, a conglomerate considered to belong to the network of followers of the U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gülen. During the 2010s, the paper was aligned with the conservative positions of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP), but after a rift in 2013 it started criticizing the AKP and in 2015 was perceived to suffer pressure as part of the media opposed to the Government. Hurriyet Daily News, 2015
Appointment of trustee panel for Koza İpek holding creates uproar in Turkey
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