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Lack of readership and community support endangers an Armenian daily in İstanbul

Lack of readership and community support endangers an Armenian daily in İstanbul

With more than 80 years of publication history, the newspaper now confronts an uncertain future. Its management emphasizes that this is not merely a commercial issue but a question of preserving cultural heritage.

1 September 2023 Ali Dinç

ECtHR convicts Turkey for not letting a newspaper in prison

ECtHR convicts Turkey for not letting a newspaper in prison

The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that not allowing Atılım newspaper to be distributed in prison violated freedom of expression. Turkey will now pay prisoner Çiftçi 1,000 Euro in non-pecuniary damages.

17 November 2021

Constitutional Court finds rights violation in public ad ban on Korkusuz newspaper

Constitutional Court finds rights violation in public ad ban on Korkusuz newspaper

The Press Advertising Agency violated freedom of expression and the press by imposing a ban on the newspaper because of an article, the top court has ruled.

Media report by main opposition CHP: 137 newspapers closed in 3 years

Media report by main opposition CHP: 137 newspapers closed in 3 years

While Turkey’s circulation of national newspapers was 1 billion 909 million 495 thousand 223 in 2013, this number dropped by 48 percent in 2019, shows a recent media report prepared by CHP Vice Chair Akkuş-İlgezdi.

Circulation of newspapers, magazines has dropped by half in Turkey in the last 10 years

Circulation of newspapers, magazines has dropped by half in Turkey in the last 10 years

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released its “Print Media Statistics” for 2019. Both the number of magazines and newspapers and their annual circulation have dropped by 8 percent in a year.