Hürriyet
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Doğan Media Group |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Political alignment | Kemalism Turkish nationalism |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Circulation | 495,000 (2004) |
| Website | www.hurriyet.com.tr |
Hürriyet (meaning Liberty) is an influential,[by whom?][1][2] high-circulation Turkish newspaper. Hürriyet was founded by Sedat Simavi on 1 May 1948 with a staff of 48. Selling 50,000 in its first week,[3] Hürriyet was Simavi's 59th and last publication.
Hürriyet has regional offices in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya and Trabzon, as well as a news network comprising 52 offices and 600 reporters in Turkey and abroad, all affiliated with Doğan News Agency, which primarily serves newspapers and television channels that are under the management of Doğan Yayın Holding. Hürriyet is printed in six cities in Turkey and in Frankfurt, Germany.[4]
Editorial policy
Hürriyet is a nationalist leaning and strongly secularist paper, often critical of the ruling AKP. [5]
Tax fine controversy
In February 2009, Doğan Group received a TL 826.2 million (US$ 523 million) fine for tax evasion by Doğan Group/Petrol Ofisi. Following this, the Turkish Stock Exchange suspended Doğan Holding's shares,[6][7][8] and Fitch downgraded Hurriyet to 'BB-'.[1] [2]
Executives at the Doğan Group expressed the opinion that the tax fine was politically-motivated "intimidation", caused by Hürriyet's linking of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his political party, AKP, to a charity scandal in Germany. In March 2009, Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, expressed public concern about the fine, saying that it threatened "pluralism and freedom of the press."[9]
In September 2009, Doğan Group received another fine, for a record US$ 2.5 billion, related to past tax irregularities.[9][10]
The September fine caused further expressions of public concern from the European Commission, as well as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.[11] It also caused some critics and global investors[12] to compare the fines to then-Russian President Vladimir Putin's use of tax-evasion charges to bankrupt oil company Yukos for allegedly political reasons. In an interview, Erdoğan denied this charge, calling it "very ugly" and "disrespectful" to both himself and Putin.[11]
Columnists
References
- ^ Finkel, Andrew (2007-08-16). "News fit to print?". Today's Zaman. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
I am no great fan of Hürriyet as a newspaper. I believe it abuses the considerable authority it wields.
[dead link] - ^ Görmüş, Alper (2008-12-19). "Konu: Ergenekon haberciliği... Soru: Hürriyet bunu neden göze alıyor?". Taraf (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-12-19.
...Türkiye'nin en etkili gazetesi...
- ^ "HÜRRİYET'İN KİLOMETRE TAŞLARI". Hürriyet Kurumsal (in Turkish). 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
- ^ Throughout 60 years, Hürriyet from past to present. Hürriyet Kurumsal.
- ^ Esra Özyürek , Hey Nostalgia for the modern: state secularism and everyday politics, 2006. p. 197.
- ^ http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=167444
- ^ http://en.timeturk.com/finance-ministry-orders-bp-to-pay-tl-474-million-for-tax-evasion--16517-haberi.html
- ^ "Turkish index suspends Dogan group, Petrol Ofisi shares". Reuters. 2009-03-18.
- ^ a b Dogan Hit by $2.5 Billion Tax Fine in Erdogan Feud, Seda Sezer and Ben Holland, Bloomberg, September 8, 2009
- ^ Turkey gov't hits media group Dogan with tax fine, Reuters, September 8, 2009
- ^ a b Turkish Premier Defends Media Tax Battle, Marc Champion, The Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2009
- ^ Feud Shaking Turkey Pits Erdogan Against Dogan Newspaper Baron, Ben Holland and Firat Kayakiran, Bloomberg, June 23, 2009
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