The Hürriyet Daily News, formerly Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review, is the oldest current English-language daily in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

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The paper was bought by the Doğan Media Group in 2001 and has been under the media group's flagship Hürriyet since 2006.

Leadership

The editor-in-chief is Murat Yetkin with Taylan Bilgic serving as the managing editor of the paper.

Columnists

The paper features opinion pieces from leading Turkish journalists and thinkers such as Mehmet Ali Birand, David Judson, Mustafa Akyol, Ilhan Tanir, Yusuf Kanli, Burak Bekdil and Sedat Ergin

Access

The Daily News headquarters is based in Istanbul, with satellite offices in Ankara, Antalya, and Izmir. The Daily News can be read online at hurriyetdailynews.com or in paper format. The paper can be found in major metropolitan areas in Turkey. There are stands that carry the paper along the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey and can even be purchased in places like Zonguldak.

Competitors

Recent competition to the Daily News arrived in the form of Today's Zaman

Today's Zaman

Today's Zaman is one of two English-language dailies based in Turkey. Established on January 16, 2007, the newspaper's main competitor is the older Hürriyet Daily News....

, an offshoot of Turkish daily Zaman

Zaman (newspaper)

Zaman is a major, high-circulation daily newspaper in Turkey. It was founded in 1986 and was the first Turkish daily to go online in 1995. It contains national , international, business and other news...

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