| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Doğan Media Group |
| Editor | Eyüp Can |
| Founded | 13 October 1996 |
| Ceased publication | 25 March 2016 |
| Political alignment | Social liberalism |
| Language | Turkish |
| Headquarters | Yüzyıl, Bağcılar,Istanbul |
| Circulation | 25,330 (July 2013)[1] |
| Website | www |
Radikal (lit. 'Radical') was a daily liberalTurkish language newspaper, published inIstanbul. From 1996 it was published byAydın Doğan'sDoğan Media Group. Although Radikal did not endorse a particular political alignment, it was generally considered by the public to be asocial liberal newspaper. Despite only having a circulation of around 25,000 (July 2013), it was considered one of the most influential Turkish newspapers.
It was praised for its culture, arts, and interview sections, as well as having columnists such as M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Hakkı Devrim, Yıldırım Türker, Türker Alkan,Tarhan Erdem,Cengiz Çandar, andAltan Öymen.Hasan Celal Güzel, former minister of national education, Murat Yetkin, andMustafa Akyol, son ofTaha Akyol, also wrote for Radikal.
On 22 March 2016, the newspaper announced it was shutting down at the end of the month due to financial reasons.[2]
Radikal was founded in 1996, and "within a decade ... had become one of the most influential newspapers in the country, especially renowned for its top-drawer columnists and its coverage of intellectual debates". Its circulation, however, remained relatively low.[3]
In 2004 Radikal was awarded the Turk Democracy Associations "Democracy Media Award" (jointly withZaman).[4][5]
In 2007,Serkan Özkaya,Orhan Pamuk, andSezen Aksu each becameRadikal's temporary editor-in-chief for a day.[6][7]
The Dogan Group's economics dailyReferans was merged into Radikal in 2010, with Referanseditor-in-chief Eyüp Can becoming editor-in-chief of the combined paper, replacingİsmet Berkan. Later in 2010 the paper moved to atabloid format and introduced new columnistsDilek Kurban ofTESEV,Cüneyt Özdemir, andSırrı Süreyya Önder.[8][9]
The newspaper stopped printing on 21 June 2014 and was published only digitally,[10] before it was abruptly shut down in March 2016. On 4 April 2016, its columnists published their farewell articles on its webpage, reflecting on Radikal's past 20 years.[11] In July 2022, the domain of the newspaper was deserted, resulting the online archive to wipe out.[12]Demirören Holding, the rights owner, did not make any disclosure about the shutdown.[12]
The paper had the following sections, among others:
The paper also published four supplements:
Radikal gazetesi Haziran 2014 yılında son kez basılı yayın yapmış, Mart 2016'da da dijital yayını son bulmuştu. Gazetenin arşiv yazılarının da bulunduğu internet sitesi yayından kaldırıldı.
(in Turkish)