Posta (newspaper)

Posta
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Demirören Group
Founded23 January 1995 (1995-01-23)
Political alignmentConservative democracy
Erdoğanism
Center-right
LanguageTurkish
CityBağcılar, Istanbul
CountryTurkey
Circulation212,097 (as of 9 September 2018)[1]
Websitewww.posta.com.tr Edit this at Wikidata

Posta is a Turkish tabloid newspaper, with the second-highest circulation in Turkey.[2] It was founded in 1995 by Doğan Media Group[2] and began publication on 23 January 1995. Posta had a daily circulation of approximately 516,000 in 2009.[3] The newspaper is published in Istanbul by Doğan Holding, which also used to own (1994–2018) other major Turkish newspapers, including Hürriyet.[4][5]

On 21 March 2018, Demirören Group acquired the newspaper.[2]

Editorial line

The paper's editorial line has been described as tabloid, similar to the New York Daily News or the Daily Mirror, appealing to broad audiences with more attention paid to entertainment and gossip than politics and economics.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Tiraj". MedyaTava (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Posta". Media Ownership Monitor. Reporters Without Borders. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Gazete satış rakamları : 20 Nisan 2009 - 26 Nisan 2009". X Gazete (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  4. ^ "WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2010-0164". wipo.int. World Intellectual Property Organization. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Medya". doganholding.com.tr (in Turkish). Doğan Holding. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  6. ^ Abazov, Rafis (2009). Culture and Customs of Turkey. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-313-34215-8.