Hürriyet

History

Hürriyet was founded by Sedat Simavi on 1 May 1948 with a staff of 48. Selling 50,000 copies in its first week,{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetkurumsal.com/tr/tarihce_km_taslar.asp?tarih=4859 |access-date=2008-10-09 |title=Hürriyet'in Kilometre Taşları

It is considered a high-circulation newspaper in Turkey.

In 2018, Hurriyet was bought by Demirören Holding, owned by the Demirören family, who are considered to be close to President Erdoğan.{{Cite news|date=2018-03-21|title=Turkish Media Group Bought by Pro-Government Conglomerate (Published 2018)

Tax fine controversy

In February 2009, the newspaper received an 826.2 million TL (US$523 million) fine for tax evasion by Doğan Group/Petrol Ofisi. Following this, the Istanbul Stock Exchange suspended Doğan Holding's shares, and Fitch downgraded the rating of Hürriyet to 'BB−'.

Executives at the Doğan Group expressed the opinion that the tax fine was politically motivated "intimidation", caused by Hürriyet linking of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his political party, AKP, to a charity scandal in Germany. In March 2009, Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, expressed public concern about the fine, saying that it threatened "pluralism and freedom of the press."

In September 2009, Doğan Group was fined a record US$2.5 billion, related to alleged past tax irregularities.

The September fine caused further expressions of public concern from the European Commission, as well as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. It also caused some critics and global investors to compare the fines to then-Russian President Vladimir Putin's use of tax-evasion charges to bankrupt oil company Yukos for allegedly political reasons. In an interview, Erdoğan denied this charge, calling it "very ugly" and "disrespectful" to both himself and Putin.

Istanbul -Hürriyet- 2000 by RaBoe 01.jpg|Hürriyet headquarters in Güneşli, Istanbul Istanbul -Hürriyet- 2000 by RaBoe 02.jpg|Hürriyet headquarters in Güneşli, Istanbul

Notable people

• Ahmet Altan
• Fatih Altaylı
• Burak Bekdil
• Orhan Boran
• Bekir Coşkun
• Emin Çölaşan
• Cengiz Çandar
• Oktay Ekşi
• Çetin Emeç
• Ahmet Hakan
• Doğan Hızlan
• Halit Kıvanç
• Emre Kızılkaya
• Gary S. Lachman
• Çetin Özek
• Ertuğrul Özkök
• Erman Şener
• Doğan Uluç
• Didem Ünsal

Golden Butterfly Awards

Hürriyet, along with Pantene, sponsors the annual Golden Butterfly Awards, in which its readers vote for nominees in the fields of Turkish television and music.

References

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