Milliyet

Milliyet
Milliyet
Milliyet Front Page.jpg

Typical Milliyet front page.
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Demirören & Karacan Corporation
Founded 1950
Political alignment Kemalism
Centre-left
Headquarters Bağcılar, Istanbul
Circulation 211,062
Official website www.milliyet.com.tr

Milliyet (Turkish for "nationality") is a major Turkish daily newspaper founded in 1950.

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History

Milliyet came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 May 1950. Its owner was Ali Naci Karacan.

For a number of years the person who made his mark on the paper as the editor in chief was the colossal name of Turkish press, Abdi İpekçi. İpekçi managed to raise the standards of the Turkish press by introducing his journalistic criteria. On February 1, 1979, İpekçi was murdered by Mehmet Ali Ağca, who would later attempt to assassinate the Pope John Paul II.

On October 6, 1980, the Karacan family relinquished the paper to Aydın Doğan, the foremost media mogul in Turkey. The paper was purchased by DK (Demirören & Karacan) Corporation on April 2011. [1]

Editorial line

Since 1994, Milliyet has abandoned its stable, "upmarket" journalism established by Abdi İpekçi for a middle-market editorial line akin to that of Hürriyet. Internet edition of Milliyet often incorporates sensational material from The Sun and Daily Mail and there is tremendous amount of overlap among the daily coverage, such as identical articles and photographs.

Digital archives

On September 2009, Milliyet opened its digital archive and becoming the first Turkish newspaper to do so.[2]

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