Hürriyet

Hürriyet is one of Turkey's largest and most widely read daily newspapers, published in Turkish from Istanbul. It covers national and international news, politics, economy, and sports for a mass readership and maintains print and digital editions. It is one of the country's most established mainstream press titles.

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Hürriyet at a glance

Country: Türkiye
Region: Türkiye, Iran and Iraq · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1948
Owner: Demirören Group
Published from: Istanbul
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How Crosswire groups Hürriyet

Crosswire groups Hürriyet as Centrist for comparisons within Türkiye's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Türkiye, Cumhuriyet and Sözcü are listed as Left-leaning, while Daily Sabah and Yeni Şafak are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Hürriyet beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Hürriyet sits in Türkiye's press

Hürriyet was founded in 1948, is published from Istanbul and is owned by Demirören Group. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Türkiye, and one of 6 daily newspapers among them — the others being Cumhuriyet, Daily Sabah, Hürriyet Daily News, Sözcü and Yeni Şafak. By outlets tracked, Türkiye ranks fourth of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 49 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Hürriyet outside Türkiye, starting with Türkiye, Iran and Iraq, are Tehran Times (Iran), Le Matin (Morocco), El Watan (Algeria) and La Presse de Tunisie (Tunisia). Opening one of them beside Hürriyet is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.