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| Editor | András Bencsik |
|---|---|
| Categories | Political magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | artamondo kft. |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Country | Hungary |
| Based in | Budapest |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1417-6432 |
| OCLC | 40822619 |
Magyar Demokrata (Hungarian : Hungarian Democrat) [1] is a weekly political magazine published in Budapest, Hungary. It has been in circulation since 1997.
Magyar Demokrata was launched in 1997. [2] It is published by artamondo kft on a weekly basis and has its headquarters in Budapest. [2] [3] The magazine has a right wing conservative political leaning and is run by András Bencsik who is its editor. [4] [5]
Magyar Demokrata is described by Krisztián Ungváry as a far-right publication [6] and by János Salamon as a neo-Nazi or neo-Arrow Cross magazine. [7] The magazine is also regarded as part of conservative media which emerged in the country in 2010. [8]
Magyar Demokrata, a social-criticism and cultural magazine, features anti-Israel, anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi articles, according to the Heinrich-Boll-Stiftung and the United States Department of State. [1] [9] [10] However, the weekly claims that anti-Semitism does not exist in Hungary and that it is “a political weapon used by liberals and leftists." [11]
Péter Csermely is one of the former editors of Magyar Demokrata. [12]
In 2016 Magyar Demokrata sold 19,000 copies. [2]
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