Turkey

The Republic of Turkey or Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), is a bicontinental country that is located mainly in the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and partly in Southeast Europe; The Anatolian peninsula comprises most(97%) of its territory, and is situated between the Black Sea on the north and the Mediterranean Sea to south and west, with the Aegean Sea (and Marmara Sea) in between. A small portion of the country's territory (3%) is situated in southeastern Europe, west of the Bosphorus straits.

Media

Turkey has a vibrant free press with a large selection of media with different viewpoints. Below is a selection of television, radio, newspapers and magazines starting with English sources, followed by media in the Turkish language.

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Newspapers in English translation:

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• Zaman (newspaper) A daily newspaper translated into English. Features international and Turkish news.
• Turkish daily news. Daily news with an interesting culture section.

Newspapers in Turkish (in order to view use Turkish encoding on your browser):

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• Posta newspaper with the most circulation (about 680.000 as of September 2005)
• Hurriyet newspaper (circulation: about 540.000 as of September 2005)
• Sabah newspaper (circulation: about 470.000 as of September 2005)

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• Zaman newspaper (circulation: about 440.000 as of September 2005)
• Milliyet newspaper (circulation: about 260.000 as of September 2005)

Lists of all Turkish national and regional newspapers:

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• Gazeteler.net
• Listing of Press & Media Information Center

Miscellaneous:

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• Official gazette
• Netgazete's circulation report
• Medya7's circulation report