Socrates (magazine)
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| description | Sports magazine |
| publishing company | Democracia Verlag GmbH ( Germany ) |
| Headquarters | Hohenbrunn |
| First edition | October 18, 2016 |
| founder | Can Oz |
| Frequency of publication | bi-monthly |
| Sold edition | 51,000 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | Fatih Demireli |
| editor | Fatih Demireli |
| executive Director | Can Oz |
| Web link | socratesmagazin.de |
Socrates is a monthly German sports magazine . It was founded in 2016 by Democracia Verlag and is based in Hohenbrunn . The publisher and managing director is Can Öz, the publisher and editor-in-chief is Fatih Demireli .
history
Socrates magazine has its origins in Turkey , where it was first published in Turkish in April 2015. “Socrates Turkey” belongs to Can Yayinları Verlag and has received several awards according to its own information. In 2016 the founders decided to expand to Europe . The magazine is named after football player Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira , who was very politically involved in the democracy movement in Brazil and also established grassroots democratic structures in football.
Socrates is available in Germany , Austria , Switzerland and other European countries. Marketing of the magazine is carried out by Gruner + Jahr . In addition to the print magazine, the magazine also offers an ePaper . The first edition in October 2016 was 51,000 copies.
Focus and authors
Socrates magazine is not limited to one sport. In addition to the focus on football , it also reports on topics from other sports such as tennis , basketball , motor sports as well as the NFL and e-sports .
Various athletes acted as columnists for the magazine. So far, Nuri Şahin , Andreas Görlitz , Karsten Schumann , Carina Wenninger and Javi Martinez have written constant columns.
Awards
Socrates Magazin was nominated for the German Sports Journalist Award 2019 in the category "Best Sports Magazine" .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Socrates gujmedia.de
- ↑ Alexander Becker: Socrates: Turkish publishing house starts “thinking sports magazine” now also in Germany. meedia.de, October 20, 2016, accessed on November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ SOCRATES, the thinking sports magazine. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ German Sports Journalist Award 2019 | These nominees are available for election. Association of German Sports Journalists , January 30, 2019, accessed on October 31, 2019 .