Yeni Asır Explained

Type:Daily newspaper and website
Editor:Ercan Demir
Foundation:1895 [1]
Political:Centre-Right
Language:Turkish
Headquarters:Istanbul, Turkey
Circulation:52.425

Yeni Asır is a daily newspaper that began publication in Thessaloniki on 19 August 1895. Its slogan is "Turkey's oldest newspaper". The newspaper started to be published on the Internet in December 1998. It was published in the national press on March 1, 2017. It is the oldest newspaper in Turkey.[2]

History

The newspaper was founded by Arif Bilgin on August 19, 1895, in Thessaloniki under the name Asır and began to be published under the name Yeni Asır on July 22, 1908. After Arif Bilgin's death, the newspaper continued the same line during the period of his sons, Şevket Bilgin, who assumed the joint management.

Notes and References

  1. News: Yeni Asır 118 yaşında . 26 Aug 2012 . Yeni Asır.
  2. News: Newspaper sales report between 6.3.2017 - 12.3.2017 . 12 Feb 2018 . MedyaTava. https://archive.today/20180328181234/http://www.medyatava.com/tiraj . 28 March 2018 . dead . dmy.