Type | News site |
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Format | Online |
Owner(s) | Keskin Kalem Yayıncılık ve Tic. A.Ş. |
Publisher | Keskin Kalem Yayıncılık ve Tic. A.Ş. |
Editor-in-chief | Erdal Güven |
Founded | 27 January 2014 |
Language | Turkish |
Website | http://www.diken.com.tr/ diken.com.tr |
Diken is an online Turkish news site edited by Erdal Güven. The site was first launched on 27 January 2014. Its founder Harun Simavi is the grandson of Sedat Simavi.[1]
Simavi described Diken's mission thus: "To be a thorn in the media that's asked to portray our country as a rose garden, and to defend our democracy, basic freedoms, and secularism. And while carrying out this mission, to bring the profession of journalism the dignity and honor that it deserves."[2]
Contributing writers at the newspaper include Murat Sevinç, Levent Gültekin, Hürrem Sönmez, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Azime Acar, Yaman Akdeniz, Dağhan Irak, İhsan Dağı, Bahadır Kaynak