Taraf
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| description | National daily newspaper |
| Area of Expertise | politics |
| language | Turkish |
| publishing company | Alkım Gazetecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (Turkey) |
| First edition | November 15, 2007 |
| attitude | July 27, 2016 |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| Sold edition | 59,547 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | Ahmet Altan |
| editor | Basar Arslan |
| Web link | www.taraf.com.tr/ ( Memento from February 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) |
Taraf (Turkish for “position”, “attitude”) was a national Turkish daily newspaper that appeared for the first time on November 15, 2007 and was banned in the course of the measures taken after the 2016 coup attempt . The seat of the Taraf has been in Istanbul since it was founded .
The Turkish-language edition of Le Monde diplomatique with a circulation of 70,000 copies was provided by Taraf as a monthly supplement .
Eurotopics described their political stance as liberal . She enjoyed a great reputation in the European press, she was often referred to as the "most important investigative medium" and from 2011 was a partner of Wikileaks . In 2009 the editor-in-chief Ahmet Altan received the award for the freedom and future of the media .
The newspaper played a particular role in the Ergenekon and Balyoz trials, in which high figures in the secular establishment (military and civilians) were accused of membership in a terrorist organization and of a conspiracy against Erdogan and the Gülen movement . The basis of the 9-year mammoth trial were often "secret documents" leaked to the newspaper, which were supposed to prove the conspiracy of the accused. The Taraf was considered "anti-military" and positioned itself openly for condemnation. Much of the published secret documents and evidence was convicted of forgery, and the proceedings ended with the accused being acquitted. Dani Rodrik accused the newspaper of targeted disinformation. Some accuse her of being close to the Gülen movement, which she denies.
In 2012, the newspaper ran into financial difficulties due to increased opposition to Erdoğan's government and its already low circulation. It was banned and dissolved by an ordinance on July 27, 2016 during the wave of purges following the attempted coup in Turkey in 2016 .
Editors / authors
- Markar Esayan
- Halil Berktay
- Roni Margulies
- Etyen Mahçupyan
- Murat Belge
- Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu
- Amberin Zaman
- Oya Baydar
- Hidayet Tuksal
- Mehmet Baransu
- Orhan Pamuk (from 2013)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ weekly circulation figures of Turkish newspapers ( memento of the original from November 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , netGazete , accessed August 11, 2009.
- ↑ Le Monde diplomatique - international editions ( Memento of April 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Eurotopics ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 21, 2013)
- ^ A b Christiane Schlötzer: Freedom of the press in Turkey: "Strike against independent journalism" . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on September 12, 2016]).
- ↑ TURKEY - Turkish newspaper Taraf signs contract with WikiLeaks. (No longer available online.) Hurriyetdailynews.com, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Arndt Künnecke, Wolfgang Gieler (ed.): Yearbook Turkey 2010 . Scientia Bonnensis, Bonn, p. 5 .
- ^ Dani Rodrik: THE PLOT AGAINST THE GENERALS. (PDF) April 2014, accessed on September 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Daren Butler: Insight: Turkish generals look to life beyond prison bars. Reuters, accessed September 13, 2016 .
- ^ Bilge Yesil: Media in New Turkey: The Origins of an Authoritarian Neoliberal State . Ed .: University of Illinois Press. June 30, 2016.
- ↑ Taraf ve Zaman'ın yanı sıra 16 televizyon kanalı da kapatıldı. CNN Türk, accessed July 28, 2016 .
