Zaytung

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Zaytung
Zaytung logo.png
Type of site
Satire
Available in Turkish
OwnerHakan Bil
URL http://www.zaytung.com
Users 50.000
(2012) [1]
Current statusActive

Zaytung is a Turkish satirical news website. [2] It was established in 2010. Its name comes from the German word zeitung meaning newspaper or journal. It is along the lines of American publication The Onion. [3]

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Zaytung also published an almanac in 2012. The almanac included news published by Zaytung in the years 2009–2011. [4]

In February 2015, editors Cengiz Bayram, H. Nihat Güneş, Evren Kuçlu and Uğur Ceviz left Zaytung to establish a new satirical news website called Milli Gazete. [5]

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References

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  2. Nazlan, Ertan (31 December 2016). "Three upbeat things about a bad year". Hürriyet Daily News . Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. "Zaytung Nedir | Prohayat". Prohayat. Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  4. "Zaytung 2009-2011 Almanak". 2013-02-08. Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  5. "Zaytung'a kardeş geldi: Resmigaste". Radikal (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)