''Demokraatti'' () is a

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magazine and

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organ published 23 times a year in

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History and profile

''Demokraatti'' was established in 1895. Its name in the beginning was ''

Työmies ''Työmies'' (The Worker) was a politically radical Finnish-language newspaper published primarily out of Hancock, Michigan, and Superior, Wisconsin. Launched as a weekly in July 1903, the paper later went to daily frequency and was issued und ...

'' (The Workman). The paper is headquartered in Helsinki and is the organ of the

. In late 1997 another social democratic paper, ''

Turun Päivälehti Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while the metropolitan area ...

'', merged with ''Demokraatti''. The circulation of ''Demokraatti'' was 11,243 copies in 2014.

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* 1895 establishments in Finland Daily newspapers published in Finland Finnish-language newspapers Newspapers published in Helsinki Newspapers established in 1895 {{Finland-newspaper-stub