''Sözcü'' (English: ''Spokesperson'') is a popular
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
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*** Turkish alphabet
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daily newspaper. ''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
Doğan Media Group
Doğan Media Group (''Doğan Yayın Holding A.Ş.'') was a Turkish media conglomerate, part of the Doğan Holding conglomerate. The company was established in 1997 to bring together Doğan's media properties. These include the '' Posta'', '' Hü ...
) 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 Justice and Development Party may refer to several political parties, the best-known ones being:
* Justice and Development Party (Morocco)
* Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
Justice and Development Party may also refer to:
* Justice and Dev ...
or AKP) stance. It is the highest-selling Turkish paper that openly criticizes the ruling party and
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the List of presidents of Turkey, 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Lis ...
. ''Sözcü'' adopts a more
nationalist and
Kemalist political orientation than other anti-AKP papers such as ''
Cumhuriyet'' 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)
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Uğur Dündar
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Emin Çölaşan
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Mehmet Şehirli
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Murat Muratoğlu
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Yekta Güngör Özden
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Aybars Akkor
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Kemal Baytaş
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Ege Cansen
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Coşkun Bel
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Necati Doğru
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Süleyman Atmaca
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Yasemin Candemir
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Soner Yalçın
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Bekir Coşkun
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Mehtap Özcan Ertürk Mehtap is a Turkish female given name of Persian origin meaning ''moonlight'' or ''full moon''. It may refer to:
* Mehtap TV, television station in Turkey
People with the given name
* Mehtap Demir (born 1978), Turkish singer
* Mehtap Doğan-Sızma ...
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Newspapers published in Istanbul
Turkish-language newspapers
Publications established in 2007
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