List of media outlets shut down in the 2016 Turkish purges explained

This is a list of media outlets that were shut down in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges.

On 27 July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shut down 16 television channels, 23 radio stations, 45 daily newspapers, 15 magazines and 29 publishing houses in another emergency decree under the newly adopted emergency legislation.[1] In October 2016 the Turkish government issued another decree which closed further news outlets. According to the European Federation of Journalists, 168 media outlets have been shut down during the state of emergency following the coup d'état attempt in July 2016.[2]

News agencies

The following four news agencies were shut down in July 2016:

  1. Cihan News Agency. Web archives: [3]
  2. Muhabir News Agency. Web archives: [4]
  3. SEM News Agency
  4. Urfa News Agency

Closed in October 2016:

  1. Dicle News Agency (DİHA). Web archives: [5]
  2. Jin News Agency

Newspapers

The following newspapers were shut down:Closed in July 2016:

  1. Adana Haber. Web archives: [6]
  2. Adana Medya. Web archives: [7]
  3. Akdeniz Türk. Web archives: [8]
  4. Şuhut’un Sesi. Web archives: [9]
  5. Kurtuluş. Web archives: [10]
  6. Lider. Web archives: [11]
  7. İscehisar
  8. Durum
  9. Türkeli. Web archives: [12]
  10. Antalya. Web archives: [13]
  11. Yerel Bakış
  12. Nazar
  13. Batman. Web archives: [14]
  14. Yerel Bakış
  15. Batman Postası. Web archives: [15]
  16. Batman Doğuş. Web archives: [16]
  17. Bingöl Olay
  18. İrade. Web archives: [17]
  19. İskenderun Olay
  20. Ekonomi
  21. Ege’de Son Söz. Web archives: [18]
  22. Demokrat Gebze
  23. Kocaeli Manşet
  24. Bizim Kocaeli. Web archives: [19]
  25. Haber Kütahya. Web archives: [20]
  26. Gediz
  27. Zafer. Web archives: [21]
  28. Hisar. Web archives: [22]
  29. Turgutlu Havadis
  30. Milas Feza. Web archives: [23]
  31. Türkiye’de Yeni Yıldız. Web archives: [24]
  32. Hakikat. Web archives: [25]
  33. Ajans 11
  34. Yeni Emek
  35. Banaz Postası
  36. Son Nokta
  37. Merkür Haber
    1. Bugün. Web archives: [26]
      1. Taraf. Web archives: [27]
  38. Yarına Bakış. Web archives: [28]
  39. Yeni Hayat
  40. Zaman. Web archives: [29]
  41. Today's Zaman. Web archives: [30]

Closed in October 2016:[31]

  1. Özgür Gündem
  2. Azadiya Welat
  3. Batman Çağdaş
  4. Cizre Postası
  5. Güney Express
  6. İdil Haber
  7. Kızıltepe’nin Sesi
  8. Prestij Haber
  9. Urfanatik
  10. Yüksekova Haber

Magazines

The following magazines were shut down:Closed in July 2016

  1. Akademik Araştırmalar
  2. Aksiyon
  3. Asya Pasifik
  4. Bisiklet Çocuk
  6. Ekolife
  7. Ekoloji
  8. Fountain
  10. Gül Yaprağı
  11. Nokta
  12. Sızıntı
  13. Turkish Left
  14. Yağmur
  15. Yeni Ümit
  16. Zirve

Closed in October 2016:[31]

  1. Tiroji
  2. Özgürlük Dünyası
  3. Evrensel Kültür

Publishers

The following publishers were shut down:

  1. Altınburç
  2. Burak Basın Yayın Dağıtım
  3. Define
  4. Dolunay Eğitim Yayın Dağıtım
  5. Giresun Basın Yayın Dağıtım
  6. Gonca
  7. Gülyurdu
  8. GYV
  9. Işık Akademi
  10. Işık Özel Eğitim
  11. İklim Basın Yayın Pazarlama
  12. Kaydırak
  13. Kaynak
  14. Kervan Basın Yayıncılık
  15. Kuşak
  16. Muştu
  17. Nil
  18. Rehber
  19. Sürat Basım Yayın Reklamcılık Eğitim Araçları
  20. Sütun
  21. Şahdamar
  22. Ufuk Basın Yayın Haber Ajans Pazarlama
  23. Ufuk
  24. Waşanxaneya Nil
  25. Yay Basın Dağıtım
  26. Yeni Akademi
  27. Yitik Hazine
  28. Zambak Basın Yayın Eğitim Turizm

TV stations

The following sixteen television stations were shut down:

  1. Barış TV
    1. Can Erzincan TV
        1. Kanal 124
  2. Kanaltürk
    1. Mehtap TV
  3. Merkür TV
  4. Samanyolu Haber
  5. Samanyolu TV
  6. SRT TV
    1. Yumurcak TV

Radio stations

The following radio stations were shut down:

  1. Aksaray Mavi
  2. Aktüel
  3. Berfin
      1. Esra
  4. Haber Radyo Ege
  5. Herkül
  6. Jest
      1. Radyo Aile Rehberi
  7. Radyo Bamteli
    1. Radyo Fıkıh
  8. Radyo Küre
    1. Radyo Nur
  9. Radyo Şemşik
    1. Umut
  10. Yağmur

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Gareth Jones . Ercan Gürses . Turkey shuts scores of media outlets, sacks generals . . 28 July 2016 . 28 July 2016.
  2. Web site: 2016-10-30. Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets. 2020-10-06. European Federation of Journalists. en-GB.
  3. Web site: Cihan homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/https://www.cihan.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  4. Web site: Muhabir homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/https://muhabir.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  5. Web site: Dicle homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/https://diha-news.link/ . 2016-01-01 .
  6. Web site: Adana Haber homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.adanahabergazetesi.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  7. Web site: Adana Medya homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.adanamedya.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  8. Web site: Akdeniz Türk homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.akdenizturk.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  9. Web site: Şuhut’un Sesi homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.suhutunsesi.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  10. Web site: Kurtuluş homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.kurtulusgazetesi.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  11. Web site: Lider homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.lidergazetesi.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  12. Web site: Türkeli homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.turkeligazetesi.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  13. Web site: Antalya homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.antalyagazetesi.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  14. Web site: Batman homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://batmangazetesi.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  15. Web site: Batman Postası homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.batmanpostasigazetesi.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  16. Web site: Batman Doğuş homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.batmandogusgazetesi.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  17. Web site: İrade homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.iradegazetesi.net/ . 2016-01-01 .
  18. Web site: Ege’de Son Söz homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.egedesonsoz.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  19. Web site: Bizim Kocaeli homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.bizimkocaeli.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  20. Web site: Haber Kütahya homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.haberkutahyagazetesi.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  21. Web site: Zafer homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.kutahyazafer.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  22. Web site: Hisar homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://kutahyahisar.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  23. Web site: Milas Feza homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.fezagazetesi.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  24. Web site: Türkiye’de Yeni Yıldız homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.yeniyildizgazetesi.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  25. Web site: Hakikat homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://hakikatgazetesi.net/ . 2016-01-01 .
  26. Web site: Bugün homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/https://bugun.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  27. Web site: Taraf homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/https://taraf.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  28. Web site: Yarına Bakış homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/https://yarinabakis.com/ . 2016-01-01 .
  29. Web site: Zaman homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/https://zaman.com.tr/ . 2016-01-01 .
  30. Web site: Today's Zaman homepage . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000/http://www.todayszaman.com/home/ . 2016-01-01 .
  31. Web site: Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets. 30 October 2016.

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