Posta (newspaper) explained

Posta
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Owners:Demirören Group
Political:Conservative democracy
Erdoğanism
Center-right
Language:Turkish
Publishing City:Bağcılar, Istanbul
Publishing Country:Turkey
Circulation:212,097
Circulation Date:9 September 2018
Circulation Ref:[1]

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

On 21 March 2018, Demirören Group acquired the newspaper.[5]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tiraj . MedyaTava. tr. 22 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20191117125755/https://www.medyatava.com/tiraj. 17 November 2019. dead.
  2. Web site: Gazete satış rakamları : 20 Nisan 2009 - 26 Nisan 2009. X Gazete. tr. 5 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231112707/http://www.xgazete.com/tiraj.php. 31 December 2010. dead.
  3. Web site: 27 March 2010. WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2010-0164. wipo.int. World Intellectual Property Organization. 22 February 2023.
  4. Web site: Medya . doganholding.com.tr . tr. Doğan Holding. 5 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101122100032/http://www.doganholding.com.tr/yatirimlar/medya.aspx. 22 November 2010. dead.
  5. Web site: Posta. Media Ownership Monitor. Reporters Without Borders. 22 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920205650/http://turkey.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/posta/. 20 September 2020. dead.
  6. Book: Abazov, Rafis . 2009 . Culture and Customs of Turkey . Westport, Connecticut . Greenwood Press. 77. 978-0-313-34215-8.