Taraf

Taraf
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Başar Arslan
PublisherAlkım Kitabevi
EditorAhmet Altan (2007-2012)
Neşe Düzel (2013-2016)
Founded10 September 2002
Political alignmentLiberal democracy
Cultural liberalism
Post-Kemalism
Gülenism
LanguageTurkish
Ceased publication27 July 2016
HeadquartersIstanbul, Turkey
Circulation56571[1]
Websitetaraf.com.tr at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

Taraf ("Side" in Turkish) was a liberal newspaper in Turkey. It had distinguished itself by opposing interference by the Turkish military in the country's social and political affairs.[2] It was distributed nationwide, and had been in circulation since November 15, 2007.[3] On July 27, 2016, the newspaper was closed under a statutory decree during the state of emergency after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, due to its links with the coup plotters' Gülen movement.[4]

  1. ^ "Tiraj | MedyaTava - Yazmadıysa Doğru Değildir". www.medyatava.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ Birch, Nicholas (16 September 2008). "Turkey: Arrests, Court Case Reveal that Turkey is Dangerously Polarized". EurasiaNet. Retrieved 2008-02-07. ...Taraf, a hard-hitting new daily that has had dozens of scoops since it started publishing in late 2007
  3. ^ Kılıç, Abdullah (2007-11-10). "Bâbıâli artık hiçbir haberi gizleyemeyecek". Zaman. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  4. ^ "Taraf ve Zaman'ın yanı sıra 16 televizyon kanalı da kapatıldı". CNN Türk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.