List of media outlets shut down in the 2016 Turkish purges

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

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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: [2]

  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
  38. Millet  [ tr ]
  39. Bugün . Web archives: [26]
  40. Meydan  [ tr ]
  41. Özgür Düşünce  [ tr ]
  42. Taraf . Web archives: [27]
  43. Yarına Bakış . Web archives: [28]
  44. Yeni Hayat
  45. Zaman . Web archives: [29]
  46. 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
  5. Diyalog Avrasya  [ tr ]
  6. Ekolife
  7. Ekoloji
  8. Fountain
  9. Gonca  [ tr ]
  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
  2. Bugün TV  [ tr ]
  3. Can Erzincan TV
  4. Dünya TV  [ tr ]
  5. Hira TV  [ tr ]
  6. Irmak TV  [ tr ]
  7. Kanal 124
  8. Kanaltürk
  9. MC TV  [ tr ]
  10. Mehtap TV
  11. Merkür TV
  12. Samanyolu Haber
  13. Samanyolu TV
  14. SRT TV
  15. Tuna Shopping TV  [ tr ]
  16. Yumurcak TV

Radio stations

The following radio stations were shut down:

  1. Aksaray Mavi
  2. Aktüel
  3. Berfin
  4. Burç FM  [ tr ]
  5. Dünya Radyo  [ tr ]
  6. Esra
  7. Haber Radyo Ege
  8. Herkül
  9. Jest
  10. Kanaltürk Radyo  [ tr ]
  11. Radyo 59  [ tr ]
  12. Radyo Aile Rehberi
  13. Radyo Bamteli
  14. Radyo Cihan  [ tr ]
  15. Radyo Fıkıh
  16. Radyo Küre
  17. Radyo Mehtap  [ tr ]
  18. Radyo Nur
  19. Radyo Şemşik
  20. Samanyolu Haber Radyo  [ tr ]
  21. Umut
  22. Yağmur

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References

  1. ↑ Gareth Jones; Ercan Gürses (28 July 2016). "Turkey shuts scores of media outlets, sacks generals". Al Jazeera . Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets". European Federation of Journalists. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  3. ↑ "Cihan homepage". Cihan News Agency . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  4. ↑ "Muhabir homepage". Muhabir News Agency . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  5. ↑ "Dicle homepage". Dicle News Agency . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  6. ↑ "Adana Haber homepage". Adana Haber . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  7. ↑ "Adana Medya homepage". Adana Medya . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  8. ↑ "Akdeniz Türk homepage". Akdeniz Türk . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  9. ↑ "Şuhut'un Sesi homepage". Şuhut’un Sesi . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  10. ↑ "Kurtuluş homepage". Kurtuluş . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  11. ↑ "Lider homepage". Lider . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  12. ↑ "Türkeli homepage". Türkeli . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  13. ↑ "Antalya homepage". Antalya . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  14. ↑ "Batman homepage". Batman . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  15. ↑ "Batman Postası homepage". Batman Postası . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  16. ↑ "Batman Doğuş homepage". Batman Doğuş . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  17. ↑ "İrade homepage". İrade . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  18. ↑ "Ege'de Son Söz homepage". Ege’de Son Söz . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  19. ↑ "Bizim Kocaeli homepage". Bizim Kocaeli . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  20. ↑ "Haber Kütahya homepage". Haber Kütahya . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  21. ↑ "Zafer homepage". Zafer . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  22. ↑ "Hisar homepage". Hisar . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  23. ↑ "Milas Feza homepage". Milas Feza . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  24. ↑ "Türkiye'de Yeni Yıldız homepage". Türkiye’de Yeni Yıldız . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  25. ↑ "Hakikat homepage". Hakikat . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  26. ↑ "Bugün homepage". Bugün . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  27. ↑ "Taraf homepage". Taraf . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  28. ↑ "Yarına Bakış homepage". Yarına Bakış . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  29. ↑ "Zaman homepage". Zaman . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  30. ↑ "Today's Zaman homepage". Today's Zaman . Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  31. 1 2 "Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets". 30 October 2016.
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