Radikal
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Doğan Media Group |
| Editor | İsmet Berkan |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Bağcılar, Istanbul |
| Circulation | 50,881 |
| Website | www.radikal.com.tr |
Radikal is a daily Turkish language newspaper, published in Istanbul. It has been published since 1997 by Aydın Doğan's Doğan Media Group (Doğan Medya Grubu).
Unlike many daily newspapers in Turkey, Radikal does not seem to support a certain political party because the owner, Aydın Doğan, wants to keep his relations well with anyone who is in power. However, it is generally considered as a left-wing (democratic socialist) newspaper, indeed it is a very liberal democrat newspaper. It is praised for its culture, arts, and interview sections, as well as columnists such as M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Hakkı Devrim, Yıldırım Türker, Türker Alkan, Altan Öymen, Nuray Mert, Murat Belge and Gündüz Aktan. Mine G. Kırıkkanat used to write for Radikal before she got fired after harshly criticizing the Turkish nation.[1] Hasan Celal Güzel, former minister of education, Murat Yetkin, and Mustafa Akyol, son of Taha Akyol, also write for Radikal.
In 2007, Orhan Pamuk and Sezen Aksu became Radikal's temporary editors-in-chief on January 9th and 14th, respectively.
Despite having a circulation of around 50,000,[2] it has a lot of public influence, guiding the main agenda of Turkey.
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[edit] Other magazines with the same title
Radikal was also the name of a German anarchist magazine, which appears to be defunct.
[edit] Sections
Radikal has the following sections, among others:
- Türkiye - usually with domestic news
- Yaşam (Life) - usually with health and entertainment articles from Turkey and the world
- Politika - with political news, focusing on domestic
- Dış Haberler - with foreign news
- Yorum - opinion pieces, editorials
- Ekonomi - economic news
- Spor - sports news
- Kültür/Sanat - with cultural and art news
The paper also publishes three supplements:
- Kitap (Book) - weekly book reviews, out on Fridays
- Cumartesi (Saturday) - usually with weekend entertainment and news, out on Saturdays
- Radikal 2 - op-eds, mostly on social-democracy, Marxism or current political issues, out on Sundays
- Genc (Youth) - op-eds submitted by college students, out every other Tuesday.
Radikal publishes an online edition with the printed articles, updated daily. The online edition also includes Sıcak Haber, a section of breaking news.
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