Radikal (lit.'Radical') was a daily liberal Turkish language newspaper, published in Istanbul. From 1996 it was published by Aydın Doğan's Doğan Media Group. Although Radikal did not endorse a particular political alignment, it was generally considered by the public to be a social liberal newspaper. Despite only having a circulation of around 25,000 (July 2013), it was considered one of the most influential Turkish newspapers.
It was praised for its culture, arts, and interview sections, as well as having columnists such as M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Hakkı Devrim, Yıldırım Türker, Türker Alkan, Tarhan Erdem, Cengiz Çandar, and Altan Öymen. Hasan Celal Güzel, former minister of national education, Murat Yetkin, and Mustafa Akyol, son of Taha Akyol.
On 22 March 2016, it was announced that the newspaper was shutting down at the end of the month due to financial reasons.[2]
History
Radikal was founded in 1996, and "within a decade ... had become one of the most influential newspapers in the country, especially renowned for its top-drawer columnists and its coverage of intellectual debates". Its circulation, however, remained relatively low.[3]
In 2004 Radikal was awarded the Turk Democracy Associations "Democracy Media Award" (jointly with Zaman).[4][5]
The newspaper stopped printing on 21 June 2014 and was published only digitally,[10] before it was shut abruptly shut down in March 2016. On 4 April 2016, its columnists published their farewell articles on its webpage, reflecting on Radikal's past 20 years.[11] In July 2022, the domain of the newspaper was deserted, resulting the online archive to wipe out.[12]Demirören Holding, the rights owner, did not make any disclosure about the shutdown.[12]
Sections
The paper had the following sections:
Türkiye - usually with domestic news
Yaşam (lit.'Life') - usually with health and entertainment articles from Turkey and the world
Politika - with political news, focusing on domestic
Dış Haberler - with foreign news
Yorum - opinion pieces, editorials
Ekonomi - economic news
Spor - sports news
Kültür/Sanat - with cultural and art news
"Sıcak Haber" (lit.'Breaking News'), online edition with the printed articles
The paper also publishes four supplements:
"Kitap" (lit.'Book'), weekly book reviews, out on Fridays
"Cumartesi" (lit.'Saturday'), weekend entertainment and news, out on Saturdays
"Radikal 2", op-eds, mostly on social-democracy or current political issues, out on Sundays
"Genç" (lit.'Young'), op-eds submitted by college students, out every other Tuesday.
^ ab"Ve Radikal silindi" [And Radikal is deleted] (in Turkish). OdaTV. 23 July 2022. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022. Radikal gazetesi Haziran 2014 yılında son kez basılı yayın yapmış, Mart 2016'da da dijital yayını son bulmuştu. Gazetenin arşiv yazılarının da bulunduğu internet sitesi yayından kaldırıldı.
