This is a list of media outlets that were shut down in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges.
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 edit
The following four news agencies were shut down in July 2016:
- Cihan News Agency. Web archives: [3]
- Muhabir News Agency. Web archives: [4]
- SEM News Agency
- Urfa News Agency
Closed in October 2016:[2]
- Dicle News Agency (DİHA). Web archives: [5]
- Jin News Agency
Newspapers edit
The following newspapers were shut down:
Closed in July 2016:
- Adana Haber. Web archives: [6]
- Adana Medya. Web archives: [7]
- Akdeniz Türk. Web archives: [8]
- Şuhut’un Sesi. Web archives: [9]
- Kurtuluş. Web archives: [10]
- Lider. Web archives: [11]
- İscehisar
- Durum
- Türkeli. Web archives: [12]
- Antalya. Web archives: [13]
- Yerel Bakış
- Nazar
- Batman. Web archives: [14]
- Yerel Bakış
- Batman Postası. Web archives: [15]
- Batman Doğuş. Web archives: [16]
- Bingöl Olay
- İrade. Web archives: [17]
- İskenderun Olay
- Ekonomi
- Ege’de Son Söz. Web archives: [18]
- Demokrat Gebze
- Kocaeli Manşet
- Bizim Kocaeli. Web archives: [19]
- Haber Kütahya. Web archives: [20]
- Gediz
- Zafer. Web archives: [21]
- Hisar. Web archives: [22]
- Turgutlu Havadis
- Milas Feza. Web archives: [23]
- Türkiye’de Yeni Yıldız. Web archives: [24]
- Hakikat. Web archives: [25]
- Ajans 11
- Yeni Emek
- Banaz Postası
- Son Nokta
- Merkür Haber
- Millet
- Bugün. Web archives: [26]
- Meydan
- Özgür Düşünce
- Taraf. Web archives: [27]
- Yarına Bakış. Web archives: [28]
- Yeni Hayat
- Zaman. Web archives: [29]
- Today's Zaman. Web archives: [30]
Closed in October 2016:[31]
Magazines edit
The following magazines were shut down:
Closed in July 2016
- Akademik Araştırmalar
- Aksiyon
- Asya Pasifik
- Bisiklet Çocuk
- Diyalog Avrasya
- Ekolife
- Ekoloji
- Fountain
- Gonca
- Gül Yaprağı
- Nokta
- Sızıntı
- Turkish Left
- Yağmur
- Yeni Ümit
- Zirve
Closed in October 2016:[31]
Publishers edit
The following publishers were shut down:
- Altınburç
- Burak Basın Yayın Dağıtım
- Define
- Dolunay Eğitim Yayın Dağıtım
- Giresun Basın Yayın Dağıtım
- Gonca
- Gülyurdu
- GYV
- Işık Akademi
- Işık Özel Eğitim
- İklim Basın Yayın Pazarlama
- Kaydırak
- Kaynak
- Kervan Basın Yayıncılık
- Kuşak
- Muştu
- Nil
- Rehber
- Sürat Basım Yayın Reklamcılık Eğitim Araçları
- Sütun
- Şahdamar
- Ufuk Basın Yayın Haber Ajans Pazarlama
- Ufuk
- Waşanxaneya Nil
- Yay Basın Dağıtım
- Yeni Akademi
- Yitik Hazine
- Zambak Basın Yayın Eğitim Turizm
TV stations edit
The following sixteen television stations were shut down:
Radio stations edit
The following radio stations were shut down:
References edit
- ^ Gareth Jones; Ercan Gürses (28 July 2016). "Turkey shuts scores of media outlets, sacks generals". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets". European Federation of Journalists. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "Cihan homepage". Cihan News Agency. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Muhabir homepage". Muhabir News Agency. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Dicle homepage". Dicle News Agency. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Adana Haber homepage". Adana Haber. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Adana Medya homepage". Adana Medya. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Akdeniz Türk homepage". Akdeniz Türk. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Şuhut'un Sesi homepage". Şuhut’un Sesi. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Kurtuluş homepage". Kurtuluş. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Lider homepage". Lider. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Türkeli homepage". Türkeli. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Antalya homepage". Antalya. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Batman homepage". Batman. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Batman Postası homepage". Batman Postası. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Batman Doğuş homepage". Batman Doğuş. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "İrade homepage". İrade. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Ege'de Son Söz homepage". Ege’de Son Söz. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Bizim Kocaeli homepage". Bizim Kocaeli. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Haber Kütahya homepage". Haber Kütahya. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Zafer homepage". Zafer. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Hisar homepage". Hisar. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Milas Feza homepage". Milas Feza. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Türkiye'de Yeni Yıldız homepage". Türkiye’de Yeni Yıldız. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Hakikat homepage". Hakikat. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Bugün homepage". Bugün. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Taraf homepage". Taraf. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Yarına Bakış homepage". Yarına Bakış. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Zaman homepage". Zaman. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Today's Zaman homepage". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
- ^ a b "Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets". 30 October 2016.
External links edit
- "KHK ile 131 yayın organı kapatıldı" [131 publications closed under emergency decree] (in Turkish). 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. (Full list of institutions shut down on 27 July 2016)