TROwnership & classification
Founded: 1961
Ownership
Hürriyet Daily News (originally the Turkish Daily News, founded March 1961 by İlhan Çevik) is Turkey's oldest English-language daily. It was acquired by the Doğan Media Group in 2001 and grouped under Hürriyet from 2006; in 2018 Doğan sold its entire media portfolio — including Hürriyet, Milliyet, CNN Türk and Kanal D — to Demirören Holding. Demirören is a Turkish conglomerate (founded 1956) wholly owned by the Demirören family, now chaired by Yıldırım Demirören.
Funding
The paper is financed by advertising and circulation/subscription revenue as part of Demirören's media division, which is backed by the family conglomerate's energy, real-estate and other holdings.
Affiliation & stance
Although Hürriyet Daily News has historically held a secular, liberal/centre-left line, its owner Demirören Holding is openly supportive of the ruling AKP and the Demirören family has close ties to President Erdoğan; the 2018 Doğan-to-Demirören sale was widely seen as further consolidating pro-government control of Turkish media. Because the controlling owner is a government-aligned conglomerate rather than an independent or state body, it is DEPENDENT — matching the site's current guess.
Editorial lean
- Our estimate
- Center
- Measured from coverage
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