Type | Daily newspaper |
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Owner(s) | İhlas Holding (66%) |
Founded | 22 April 1970 |
Political alignment | Conservatism, Right-Wing |
Language | Turkish |
Headquarters | Yenibosna |
City | İstanbul |
Country | Turkey |
Circulation | 180,000 (May 2013) [1] |
Website |
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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] Notable contributors include Ayhan Songar who published articles from 1989 to 1997 [4] and Rahîm Er. In the late 1990s the paper was close to the conservative think tank Intellectuals' Hearth. [5]
Türkiye's parent company, İhlas Gazetecilik, was floated on the Istanbul Stock Exchange in 2010 (33% of shares, with the remainder owned by İhlas Holding). [6]