Türkiye (newspaper) explained

Türkiye
Type:Daily newspaper
Foundation:22 April 1970
Owners:İhlas Holding (66%)
Language:Turkish
Headquarters:Yenibosna
Publishing City:İstanbul
Publishing Country:Turkey
Circulation:180,000 (May 2013)[1]

Türkiye (Turkish: Turkey) is a Turkish newspaper owned by İhlas Group.[2]

The paper was founded by Enver Ören in 1970 as Hakikat, and was renamed Türkiye in 1972.[3] It sold 119,000 copies in 1985, and 300,000 copies in 1989.[3] Nevzat Yalçıntaş is among the former editors-in-chief of the paper.[4] Notable contributors include Ayhan Songar who published articles from 1989 to 1997[5] and Rahîm Er. In the late 1990s the paper was close to the conservative think tank Intellectuals' Hearth.[6]

Türkiye parent company, İhlas Gazetecilik, was floated on the Istanbul Stock Exchange in 2010 (33% of shares, with the remainder owned by İhlas Holding).[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tiraj.
  2. Web site: Türkiye. mom-resf.org.
  3. Web site: Selman . Milestones - İhlas Holding A.Ş.. 2024-03-02 . en-US.
  4. News: Prof. Dr. Nevzat Yalçıntaş vefat etti. 28 April 2024. Anadolu Agency. 15 July 2016. tr.
  5. Mehmet Nuri Yardım. Büyük Hekim ve Sanatkâr Ayhan Songar. 19 April 2024. 255. Somuncu Baba.
  6. Nilüfer Narlı. The Ultra-Nationalist Movement: Its Past and Future. Insight Turkey. 4. 1997. 26726548. 120.
  7. İhlas, 8/6/2010 - The results of public offering has been made public with the press release. Only 72% of the demand has been met because of the high demand.