Aydınlık
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Website | https://egazete.aydinlik.com.tr |
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Aydınlık ("Clarify" or "Enlightenment" in Turkish) is the newspaper of the Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi). Originally launched as a weekly newspaper in 1921, it has been repeatedly closed and relaunched, most recently in 2011.[2]
History
Early history
Aydınlık was launched in 1921 as the Ottoman Empire's first socialist newspaper (a weekly); it was associated with the Communist Party of Turkey. It was closed down in 1925.[3] In the interim it published authors such as Nâzım Hikmet, Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Hasan Âli and Kerim Sadi.
In November 1968 it was relaunched as a monthly magazine, by
On 1 March 1978 Aydınlık was relaunched as a daily newspaper, but was closed down immediately after the September 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
Recent history
After a 13-year absence the daily Aydınlık resumed publication on 1 May 1993. However, in 1994 the decision was made to again switch to a weekly format.
In 2009 Aydınlık was banned for 1 month for allegedly "spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization." Earlier in the year Aydınlık had published details of wiretapped conversations between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and North Cyprus's Mehmet Ali Talat.[4] Prosecutors in the Ergenekon trials later alleged that the recording came from retired General Levent Ersöz.[5]
On 1 March 2011, Aydınlık became a daily again.[6] Since 16 April 2012 the newspaper's European edition is published five days a week in 8 European countries.
In December 2011, Aydınlık's owner, Mehmet Sabuncu, was arrested as part of the Ergenekon investigation.[7] In November 2014, Sabuncu was again appointed as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.[8]
References
- ^ "Tiraj | MedyaTava - Yazmadıysa Doğru Değildir". Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
- ^ Aydınlık, Künye Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 9781848854840.
- ^ Bianet, 18 December 2009, Aydınlık Newspaper Banned for 1 Month
- ^ Today's Zaman, 1 May 2010, Erdoğan's phone recordings found in retired Gen. Ersöz's archive Archived January 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Hurriyet Daily News, 21 January 2011, Turkey's Aydınlık to become daily newspaper
- Hurriyet Daily News, 6 December 2011, Owner of daily newspaper detained in Ergenekon probe
- ^ "Aydınlık gazetesinde eski yöneticilere iade-i itibar". www.gazeteciler.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10.
External links
- Website
- Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Turkey: A publication called "Aydinlik", 9 October 2003, TUR41959.E, [accessed 22 June 2013]