Zaman (newspaper)

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Zaman Newspaper
Type Daily newspaper
Format Berliner
Owner Feza Inc.
Editor Ekrem Dumanlı
Founded 1986
Headquarters Fevzi Cakmak Mah. A. Taner Kislali Cad. No:6 34194 Bahcelievler, Istanbul
TURKEY
Website www.zaman.com.tr

Zaman (literally "time" or "era" in Turkish) is a conservative Islamist Turkish daily newspaper and known for being a significant media outlet representing the Islamic Fethullah Gülen movement[1]. It was founded in 1986 and was the first Turkish daily to go online in 1995 [2]. It contains national (Turkish), international, business and other news. It also has many regular columnists who cover current affairs, interviews and a culture section.

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Zaman is an Istanbul-based daily paper that also prints special international editions for some other countries. In addition to four locations in Turkey, regional editions are printed and distributed in Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Turkmenistan, and the US. Zaman bureaus and correspondents are located in major world capitals and cities like Washington DC, New York, Brussels, Moscow, Cairo, Baku, Frankfurt, Ashgabat, Tashkent, and Bucharest.

Special international editions are distributed in the native alphabets and languages of the countries they are published. Zaman has Kyrgyz, Romanian, Bulgarian, Azeri, Uzbek, Turkmen etc. editions.

Zaman headquarters in Istanbul is supported by news bureaus in Ashgabat, Baku, Brussels, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Moscow, New York, and Washington, DC. Zaman also appears to have a large network of foreign journalists, especially in Russia and Central Asia.

Originally also having an English-language edition, since January 16, 2007, that role has been taken over by the newly-launched English-language daily newspaper Today's Zaman.

[edit] Current position and awards

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Its circulation is about 890.000 [3], highest in Turkey as of 2008. The total paid circulation of Zaman was verified by an independent Media Auditing company, BPA Worldwide, after accusations that the newspaper is being handed out freely to gain market share. The audition report was released to public in March 2007 [4]. However, it should also be noted that, circulation is defined as the number of copies distributed on an average day and it doesn't distinguish between the number of newspapers sold or given away. Also, according to the BPA audit, 548.715 individual subscriptions out of 609.865 total circulation supports the claim of being handed out freely[citation needed]. The usual subscription-to-single copy sales ratio for almost all newspapers has this ratio reversed.

Zaman has been awarded several times for its design, including Society for News Design. [5][6][7]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Asharq Alawsat
  2. ^ Zaman-Wap
  3. ^ Weekly circulation report for Turkish newspapers - Source: Yaysat
  4. ^ BPA Worldwide Zaman daily newspaper circulation statement
  5. ^ Society of News Design - Detail
  6. ^ Society of News Design - Detail
  7. ^ Society of News Design - Detail

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