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For other uses, see Taraf (disambiguation).
Taraf
Taraf logo.svg
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Başar Arslan
Publisher Alkım Kitabevi
Editor 2007-2012 Ahmet Altan
Founded November 15, 2007
Political alignment Left liberal
Liberal democracy
Cultural liberalism
Language Turkish
Circulation 78.938 [1]
Official website taraf.com.tr

Taraf ("Side" in Turkish) is a newspaper in Turkey. It has distinguished itself by opposing the interference by the Turkish military in the country's social and political affairs.[2] It is distributed nationwide, and has been in circulation since November 15th, 2007.[3]

Taraf has published a series of highly-controversial stories that revealed the involvement of the Turkish military in daily political affairs. The revealed documents, such as coup plans that involved the bombing of historical mosques in Turkey, significantly damaged the social image of the Turkish military. The sources that leaked such critical insider information to Taraf are still unknown.[4]

The response of the Turkish military to Taraf included canceling the newspaper's accreditation from press releases at its headquarters.[5][6]) A political journal, Nokta, had similarly leaked military information and was closed down in 2007 due to pressure.[7]

The founder and owner of Taraf, Başar Arslan, dismisses accusations of bias and outside funding, saying that he has made a considerable loss in his mission to create the country's most prestigious newspaper.[8] He considers Taraf an investment that will eventually pay off.[9]

Taraf has become the first Turkish partner of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, joining internationally known publications in signing a contract to publish the site's leaked documents firsthand. The Turkish daily was picked by WikiLeaks because it is "the bravest newspaper in Turkey", as described by the site's founder, Julian Assange.[10][11]

On December 14, 2012, founding editor-in-chief Ahmet Altan, his assistant editor Yasemin Çongar, columnists Murat Belge and Neşe Düzel stepped down from their posts at the newspaper. The next day, columnist Hadi Uluengin followed the leaving group of journalists.[12] Owner of the daily, Başar Arslan stated that the resignations resulted from difference of opinion that developed in recent times, and nevertheless, the newspaper will continue to be published.[13]

Some prominent names of Taraf, such as reporter Mehmet Baransu, columnist Emre (Emrullah) Uslu, and former columnist Önder Aytaç are known for their affiliation with the Gülen movement, although it has been denied that they act as quasi-officials representatives of the movement.[14]


Columnists [edit]

  • Oral Çalışlar (Sıfır Noktası)
  • Murat Belge (Türkiye'nin Halleri)
  • Roni Margulies (Solduyu)
  • Oya Baydar (Vicdan Yazıları)
  • Orhan Pamuk
  • Alper Görmüş (Medyaironik)
  • Cengiz Aktar (Quo Vadimus)
  • Cihan Aktaş (Sınır Yazıları)
  • Hadi Uluengin (Modern Zamanlar)
  • Demiray Oral (Vaziyet)
  • Prof. Dr. İhsan Bilgin (Neredeyse)
  • Dr. Sivilay Genç (Sivilay Abla)
  • Halil Berktay (Okuma Notları)
  • Lale Kemal (Bakış Acısı)
  • Pakize Barışta (Kıyı)
  • Rengin Soysal (Bu Yaka)
  • Temel İskit (Yazı)
  • Yıldıray Oğur (Manifestom)
  • Sezin Öney (Yeni Avrupa)
  • Markar Esayan (Arada)
  • Telesiyej
  • Mehmet Güreli (Trapez)
  • A. Esra Yalazan (Kameriye)
  • Mithat Sancar (Meo Voto)
  • Cem Sey (Uzak Batı)
  • Erol Katırcıoğlu (Arayış)
  • Pelin Cengiz (Kulis Tarafı)
  • Ali Abaday
  • Emre Uslu (Açılım)
  • Cahit Koytak (Yoksulları ve Siviller için Tezler)
  • Melih Altınok (Solaçık)
  • Kurtuluş Tayiz (Dar Kapı)
  • Ramazan Çanakkaleli (İş ve Güvenlik Dünyası)
  • Gülengül Altınsay
  • Ferhat Kentel (Yerin Yedi Kat Altı)
  • Tuğba Tekerek (Söyleşi)
  • Bülent Şirin (Gündem Dışı)
  • Namık Çınar (Geç Kalmış Yazılar)
  • Fatih Uraz (Ağların İçinden)
  • Evrim Bunn (Okyanus Ötesi / Washington)
  • Özlem Ertan (Operatik)
  • Ali Fikri Işık (Kör Saatçi)
  • Gürbüz Özaltınlı (Sağlı Sollu)
  • Sibel Oral (Edebiyat Söyleşileri)
  • Adrienne Woltersdorf (Çin Mahallesi)
  • Serdar Kaya (Taraf Üniversitesi)
  • Mehmet Baransu (Kozmik Köşe)
  • Fatih Uraz (Kalecinin Seyir Defteri)
  • Andrew Finkel (Pasatiempo)
  • Numan Türer (Aniden)
  • Abdullah Karatash (Dünya Piyasaları)
  • Levent Yılmaz (Paralel Hayatlar)
  • Ali Erden
  • Sedat Tunalı (Hür ve Hesapsız)
  • Haluk Çetin (Oyun Bozan)
  • Gökhan Karabulut (Zamanın Ruhu)
  • Esmeray (Cadının Bohçası)
  • Kerem Altan (İmza)
  • Ayça Şen (Şarzör)
  • Hidayet Şefkatli Tuksal (Hemderd)
Cartoonist
  • Tan Oral

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://www.medyatava.com/tiraj
  2. ^ Birch, Nicholas (2008-09-16). "Turkey: Arrests, Court Case Reveal that Turkey is Dangerously Polarized". EurasiaNet. Retrieved 2008-02-07. "...Taraf, a hard-hitting new daily that has had dozens of scoops since it started publishing in late 2007" 
  3. ^ Kılıç, Abdullah (2007-11-10). "'Bâbıâli artık hiçbir haberi gizleyemeyecek'". Zaman. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 
  4. ^ "Şimdi de 'eldiven darbesi'". Vatan (in Turkish). 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-09-24. "Powerpoint sunumu haline getirilen darbe planının Emniyet’ten 6 gün içinde sızdırılıp Taraf gazetesinin eline ulaştırılması ve bu gazetede dün özel haber yayınlanması dikkat çekti." 
  5. ^ "Yeni Şafak ve Star Genelkurmay’da". Radikal (in Turkish). 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-10.  Unknown parameter |section= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Önderoglu, Erol (2008-09-10). "Chief Of Staff Refuses Accreditation for Pro-Left Media". Bianet. Retrieved 2008-09-11. 
  7. ^ "Turkey and the army: Paper soldiers". The Economist. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 
  8. ^ Kilic, Ecevit (2008-07-21). "Nokta gibi olacağız diye bir kaygım yok". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-10-22. 
  9. ^ Kilic, Ecevit (2008-07-21). "Sıkışınca borç alarak gazeteyi çıkartıyoruz". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-10-22. 
  10. ^ Turkish daily to publish WikiLeaks cables on Turkey, Today's Zaman
  11. ^ Turkish newspaper Taraf signs contract with WikiLeaks, Hürriyet Daily News
  12. ^ "Taraf'ta istifa depremi". Hürriyet Gündem (in Turkish). 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 
  13. ^ "Ahmet Altan istifa etti". Sabah (in Turkish). 0212-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 
  14. ^ "CEMAAT HANGİ TARAF YAZARLARINDAN RAHATSIZ". Oda TV (in Turkish). 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 

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