Daily Sabah

Daily Sabah
Type Daily Newspaper
Owner(s) Turkuvaz Media Group
Publisher Turkuvaz Gazete Dergi Basim A.S.
Editor-in-chief Serdar Karagoz
Founded 2014
Political alignment conservative, political conservatism
Language English
Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey
Circulation 5,700[1]
Website http://www.dailysabah.com

Daily Sabah (lit. "Daily Morning") is an English-language daily published in Turkey. Owned by Turkuvaz Media Group, Daily Sabah published its first issue at the 24th February 2014.[2][3] The editor-in-chief of Daily Sabah is Serdar Karagöz.

History

Daily Sabah was established in 2014 when a highly antagonistic political climate reigned in Turkish politics. After the conflict, in December 2013, between the Gulen movement, a religious civil society organization with some political aspirations, and the then ruling Justice and Development Party (Turkey) (AKP), Gulen movement's Today's Zaman turned an ardent critic of the ruling AKP. In order to balance the critical discourse against the AKP by Today's Zaman and Hürriyet Daily News, a secular critic of the AKP, Daily Sabah emerged as a supportive voice of the AKP in English language.[4]

A columnist from Sabah, the main daily of Turkuaz Media Group, legitimized the establishment of Sabah Daily as the following: "While anti-government groups were reaching English-speaking audiences, it was impossible to understand what the government and the AKP were saying and trying to do".[5]

Editorial policy and viewpoints

Daily Sabah describes itself as a daily "committed to the democracy, the rule of law, human rights and liberty".[6] Despite this official description, Daily Sabah is often labelled as mouthpiece of the AKP[7] and especially Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the current president of Turkey.

Daily Sabah is also very critical of the Gulen movement, accused of establishing a parallel administrative and juridical power in Turkey.[8] Therefore, Daily Sabah has been described as using transparent and ill formed Turkish style propaganda to advance the AKP government's version of events.

Columnists

References

  1. ↑ http://www.medyatava.com/tiraj
  2. ↑ http://www.sabah.com.tr/yazarlar/safak/2014/02/24/hos-geldin-bebek
  3. ↑ http://www.sabah.com.tr/pazar/2014/03/02/turkiyeyi-dunyaya-daily-sabah-anlatacak
  4. ↑ http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2014/02/turkey-new-english-newspaper-government-perspective.html
  5. ↑ http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2014/02/turkey-new-english-newspaper-government-perspective.html#ixzz3pAN7Zm98
  6. ↑ http://www.dailysabah.com/static/about-us
  7. ↑ http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/09/army-of-spin-turkey-media-erdogan/
  8. ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-124276494.html

External links

Daily Sabah official website


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