''Sözcü'' (English: ''Spokesperson'') is a popular

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. ''Sözcü'' was first published on 27 June 2007 by Burak Akbay and is distributed nationwide. As of June 2018, it is one of the top-selling newspapers in Turkey, with around 300,000 copies sold daily.

Overview

Its origins go back to ''Gözcü'' (literally, ''Observer,'' published by

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) which began publication on 15 May 1996 and ceased publication on 1 April 2007. ''Gözcü'' was taken over by its employees and its name was changed to ''Sözcü''. In its first days the newspaper sold around 60,000 copies. By September 2008, the newspaper had an average circulation of 150,000. In December 2010 this number had reached 210,000. As a result of increasing political polarization, ''Sözcü'' has become one of the country's top-selling newspapers through its anti-government ( Justice and Development Party or AKP) stance. It is the highest-selling Turkish paper that openly criticizes the ruling party and

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. ''Sözcü'' adopts a more

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and Kemalist political orientation than other anti-AKP papers such as ''

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'' and '' BirGün''. An edition of ''Sözcü'' aimed at the Turks of Western Europe is printed in Germany.

''Korkusuz''

Another daily newspaper called Korkusuz (English: ''Fearless)'' has been published by the Sözcü Group since November 2014.

''AMK''

The daily sports newspaper AMK has been published by the Sözcü Group since June 2012. The name AMK is officially an acronym of ''Açık Mert Korkusuz'' (translated: Open, Valiant and Fearless) but this evoked some controversy, as the acronym is commonly understood to mean a profane phrase in Turkish.

Contributors (past and present)

* * Uğur Dündar * Emin Çölaşan * Mehmet Şehirli * * Murat Muratoğlu *

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* Aybars Akkor *

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* *

Necati Doğru Necati is a Turkish given name for males. People named Necati include: * Necati "Neco" Arabaci (born 1972), Turkish businessman, criminal, and high-ranking member of the Hells Angels * Necati Ateş (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Necati Çeli ...

Süleyman Atmaca Suleyman or Süleyman is a variant of Suleiman (the Arabic name ). It means "man of peace". Notable people with the name include: Suleyman * Suleyman I of Rûm or Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (d. 1086), founder of an independent Seljuq Turkish state i ...

* * * Yasemin Candemir * Soner Yalçın *

Bekir Coşkun Bekir Coşkun (1945 – 18 October 2020) was a Turkish journalist, writer and columnist for leading Turkish daily, '' Cumhuriyet''. He was a good friend of Emin Çölaşan, with whom he had worked in the newspaper '' Hürriyet'' before they were ...

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References

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