Tercüman

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For the office of the imperial translator in the Ottoman Empire, see Dragoman. For the Ottoman newspaper, see Tercüman-ı Hakikat. For Crimean Tatar newspaper, see Terciman.
Tercüman
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Çukurova Media Group
Founded26 May 1955[1]
Political alignmentcenter-right
LanguageTurkish
Ceased publication24 June 2010[1]

Tercüman: Halka ve Olaylara was a Turkish daily newspaper. It was founded in 1955 by Kemal Ilıcak (1932–1993), and associated with the center-right. It was based in the now demolished Tercüman Building. It was temporarily closed down by the military authorities between 11 August and 3 September 1983 when there was martial law in Turkey.[2] Ayhan Songar published weekly columns in the paper between 1986 and 1989.[3] The newspaper closed after Ilıcak's death, and the name was acquired by the Çukurova Media Group in 1997.

In 2003 Ilıcak's family (including Kemal's son, Mehmet Ali Ilıcak) attempted to resurrect Tercüman, and a dispute with Çukurova over naming rights saw Çukurova hastily relaunch its Tercüman in January 2003, on the same day the Ilıcaks' Dünden Bugüne Tercüman appeared.[4] Çukurova suffered during the financial crisis,[5] and it closed down its Tercüman in 2010.[1] Dünden Bugüne Tercüman was renamed Bugün in 2005.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c gazeteleroku.ws, Tercüman
  2. ^ David Barchard (December 1983). "Western silence on Turkey". Index on Censorship. 12 (6). doi:10.1080/03064228308533623.
  3. ^ Mehmet Nuri Yardım. "Büyük Hekim ve Sanatkâr Ayhan Songar". Somuncu Baba. No. 255. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ^ Turkish Daily News, 18 January 2003, Two dailies named 'Tercuman' on newsstands
  5. ^ Today's Zaman, 11 January 2009, Financial crisis weighs heavily on Turkish media sector Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine


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