Güneş (daily newspaper)
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| description | Turkish daily newspaper |
| publishing company | Esmedya |
| Headquarters | Bahariye Cad. No. 31, Küçükçekmece / Istanbul |
| First edition | 19th February 1982 |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| Sold edition | 104,630 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | Turgay Guler |
| editor | Ahmet Bayraktutar |
| Web link | Güneş |
Güneş ( German sun ) is a Turkish tabloid based in Istanbul . Since it was taken over by the Esmedya group of entrepreneur Ethem Sancak, it has openly supported President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Recovery Party (AKP). The newspaper's motto is Halkın Cesur Gazetesi ( The Courageous Newspaper of the People ).
history
Founded Güneş Ömer and Ahmet Çavuşoğlu Kozanoglu; the first edition appeared on February 19, 1982. The newspaper was later bought by Asil Nadir. On March 6, 1992, the publication was discontinued for economic reasons.
Çukurova era (1994-2013)
The newspaper appeared again on February 4, 1997, now published by the entrepreneur Mehmet Emin Karamehmet and his Çukurova Holding . Under Murat Büyükçelebi, who took over the editor-in-chief, the paper took on a secular- Kemalist orientation. One of the formative authors was the prominent Alevi author Riza Zelyut. After the AKP to the 2002 government had come, the tide took an oppositional stance.
When the Çukurova Group got into financial difficulties and the authorities accused its boss Karamehmet of fraud, the media division was transferred to the state trust company TMSF in May 2013 in order to settle the group's debts.
Sancak era (since 2013)
In November 2013, the trust company Güneş, together with the Akşam newspaper and the Skyturk television station, sold 360 for 62 million US dollars to the entrepreneur Ethem Sancak, who is considered a confidante of President Erdoğan. The media in Sancak's possession, which also include the newspaper Star and the broadcaster 24 , were brought together under the umbrella of Türkmedya (from 2016: Esmedya ).
Soon afterwards, on the occasion of the corruption investigation in December 2013 , tensions arose between the new management and the long-time editor-in-chief Murat Büyükçelebi about the direction of the paper. In March 2014, this was finally canceled. The occasion was the funeral of Berkin Elvan , a 15-year-old who was injured by a police tear gas bullet in connection with the Gezi protests and who died in a coma after nine months. The new corporate management found the reporting too critical of the government. The new editor-in-chief was Murat Kelkitlioğlu , long-time author of the AKP-affiliated daily Yeni Şafak .
In February 2015, he moved within the Esmedya group to the post of editor-in-chief of Akşam , whose author Turgay Güler was in turn his successor at Güneş .
Trivia
- On June 7, 2013, at the height of the Gezi protests , Güneş was - alongside Sabah , Zaman , Habertürk , Star , Türkiye and Yeni Şafak - one of seven daily newspapers with the identical headline, a statement made by then Prime Minister Erdoğan on the protests , appeared. Critics saw this as a sign of direct government influence.
- After the terrorist attack on the Reina Club in Istanbul on New Year's Eve 2016/17, editor-in-chief Güler caused outrage because he accused the US on Twitter of being responsible for the attack. According to Güler, the Turkish actor Mehmet Ali Alabora and the Turkish-American journalist Amberin Zaman , who are both known as critics of the AKP, planned the attack .
- After the terrorist attack in Manchester on May 22, 2017 , in which an assassin selected a concert for children and young adults as a target and killed 22 people and himself, the Günes approved the attack because the West supported supporters of the Gülen, among others. Support movement.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Average sold circulation in the week of January 16-22 , 2017 according to Medya Tava .
- ^ Ruken Baris: The Turkish Media Landscape European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions Georgios Terzi, Intellect Books, 2007. ISBN 9781841501925
- ↑ Eren Caylan: The AKP's media empire , the daily newspaper, May 3, 2016.
- ^ Outcry against Erdogan , Bild.de, November 1, 2016.
- ↑ a b Oliver Mayer-Rüth: Turkish media - too close to Erdogan? Tagesschau.de, October 27, 2016
- ^ Güneş Gazetesi Hakkında Gazeteler.org
- ^ A b Federation of American Scientists : Turkey - Guide to Major Turkish Daily Newspapers 2008
- ^ TMSF Akşam Gazetesi ve Digitürk'e el koydu , Radikal, May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Akşam ve Skyturk 360, Ethem Sancak'ın oldu , T24, November 21, 2013.
- ^ State-seized media assets of Çukurova conglomerate sold to businessman Ethem Sancak , Hürriyet Daily News, November 22, 2013.
- ↑ a b "Güneş'te görev değişimi!" Medya Sokağı, March 14, 2014.
- ↑ a b "Güneş'te 17 Aralık operasyonu" , Diken, March 15, 2014
- ↑ Akşam gazetesinin yeni genel yayın yönetmeni Murat Kelkitlioğlu , T24, February 16, 2015.
- ^ 7 Gazete, 1 Genel Yayın Yönetmeni , Bianet, June 7, 2013.
- ^ Susanne Güsten: Massacre in a nightclub on the Bosporus , Stuttgarter Nachrichten, January 1, 2017.
- ↑ Güneş'in genel yayın yönetmeni Memet Ali Alabora'yı hedef gösterdi , Birgün, January 1, 2017.
- ↑ Erdogan-affiliated newspapers mock Manchester victims of terrorism . Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , May 24, 2017, accessed on May 26, 2017