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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner | Estetik PublishingA.Ş. |
| Founded | 27 June 2007 |
| Political alignment | Kemalism Secularism |
| Language | Turkish |
| Headquarters | Halkalı,Küçükçekmece |
| City | Istanbul |
| Country | Turkey |
| Circulation | 305,368 |
| Sister newspapers | Korkusuz AMK |
| Website | www |
Sözcü (English:Spokesperson) is a popularTurkishdaily newspaper.Sözcü was first published on 27 June 2007 by Burak Akbay and is distributed nationwide.[1] As of June 2018, it was one of the top-selling newspapers in Turkey, with around 300,000 copies sold daily.[2]
Its origins go back toGözcü (literally,Observer, published byDoğan Media Group) which began publication on 15 May 1996 and ceased publication on 1 April 2007.Gözcü was taken over by its employees and its name was changed toSözcü. In its first days the newspaper sold around 60,000 copies. By September 2008, the newspaper had an average circulation of 150,000. In December 2010 this number had reached 210,000.[3]
As a result of increasing political polarization,Sözcü became one of the country's top-selling newspapers through its anti-government (Justice and Development Party or AKP) stance.[4] It is the highest-selling Turkish paper that openly criticizes the ruling party andRecep Tayyip Erdoğan.Sözcü adopts a morenationalist andKemalist political orientation than other anti-AKP newspapers such asCumhuriyet andBirGün.
An edition ofSözcü aimed at the Turks of Western Europe is printed in Germany.[5]
Another daily newspaper called Korkusuz (English:Fearless) has been published by the Sözcü Group since November 2014.
The daily sports newspaper AMK has been published by the Sözcü Group since June 2012. The name AMK is officially an acronym ofAçık Mert Korkusuz (translated: Open, Valiant and Fearless) but this evoked some controversy, as the acronym is commonly understood to mean a profane phrase in Turkish.[6] On 5 January 2019, the newspaper ceased to be published.[7]
Sözcü TV or shortened as SZC TV, began web broadcasting in 2019 and on YouTube in 2021. It acquired Sivas SRT’s licence in 2020 but faced delays in RTÜK’s logo approval, which was granted in July 2021. The channel started test broadcasts the same month and officially launched on 1 March 2023.[8]
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