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| type = Daily [[newspaper]] |
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| political = [[Islamist]], [[Conservative]] |
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| language = [[Turkish language|Turkish]] |
| language = [[Turkish language|Turkish]] |
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| headquarters = [[Zeytinburnu]], [[Istanbul]] |
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| publishing_city = [[Istanbul |
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| publishing_country = Turkey |
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| circulation = 112,102 (November 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medyatava.com/tiraj|title=Tiraj - MedyaTava - Yazmadıysa Doğru Değildir|date=2 February 2016|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> |
| circulation = 112,102 (November 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medyatava.com/tiraj|title=Tiraj - MedyaTava - Yazmadıysa Doğru Değildir|date=2 February 2016|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> |
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Yeni Şafak is a socially [[Conservatism|conservative]] and [[Islamism|Islamic]] [[Newspaper|daily newspaper]] published in [[Turkey]]. It was founded on September 19, 1994, under the leadership of Dr. Yakup Yönten and Tufan Mengi. On January 23, 1995, the newspaper was purchased by Ahmet Şişman and continued its publication journey with a different identity. Today, it is part of Albayrak Media Group.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Albayrak Group|url=https://www.albayrakmedya.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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'''''Yeni Şafak''''' ("New Dawn") is a [[conservative]], [[Islamist]] [[Turkish language|Turkish]] [[daily newspaper]]. The newspaper is known for its hardline support of President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and the [[AK Party]] and has a very close relationship with the [[Turkish government]].<ref name="Al Monitor">{{cite news|title=Is Davutoglu facing a 'mission impossible'?|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/turkey-erdogan-davutoglu-new-prime-minister.html|access-date=17 November 2014|publisher=Al Monitor}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Usluata|first1=Ayseli|last2=Rosenbaum|first2=John|title=Shaping the future of communication research in Europe|date=2005|publisher=Yeditepe University Pub.|location=İstanbul|isbn=978-9753070126|page=140|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ES4AAAAIAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tziarras|first1=Zenonas|title=State-Media Relations in Turkey: Daily Sabah and Yeni Şafak as a Tactical Arm of the AKP's Foreign Policy|journal=Asian Politics & Policy|date=April 2015|volume=7|issue=2|pages=323–327|doi=10.1111/aspp.12187}}</ref> Together with other media organizations in Turkey, it has been accused of using [[hate speech]] to target minorities and opposition groups.<ref>{{cite news|title=Study reveals increasing hate speech in Turkish press |
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== History == |
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|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2014/04/turkey-increase-hate-speech-press.html|access-date=18 November 2014|publisher=Al Monitor|archive-url=https://yandexwebcache.net/yandbtm?fmode=inject&tm=1657964468&tld=com&lang=en&la=1611109888&text=Study+reveals+increasing+hate+speech+in+Turkish+press&url=https%3A//www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/culture/2014/04/turkey-increase-hate-speech-press.html&l10n=en&mime=html&sign=247d3fdea3efff8e708fbdb73e08afee&keyno=0 |archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hate speech on the rise in Turkish media|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring/hate-speech-on-the-rise-in-turkish-media|access-date=18 November 2014|publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101060436/http://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring/hate-speech-on-the-rise-in-turkish-media|archive-date=1 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Hrant Dink Foundation">{{cite news|title=Nefret Söylemi Raporu: Yeni Şafak 'Gezi'den Düşman Yaratmada Birinci|url=https://api.t24.com.tr/haber/nefret-soylemi-raporu-yeni-safak-geziden-dusman-yaratmada-birinci,245440|access-date=18 November 2014|publisher=Hrant Dink Foundation}}</ref> |
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The newspaper was first published on September 19, 1994 by Yakup Yönten, the President of the Physicians Union Foundation, and Tufan Mengi. However, after just 45 days, publication was suspended due to economic hardships, then the [[newspaper]] was purchased by Ahmet Şişman, the then-President of Ensar Foundation, and started publication on January 23, 1995 with a different identity. |
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==History== |
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This date of purchase of the newspaper was adopted as the anniversary of its foundation. The header of the 16-page issue published on January 23, 1995 read: "Turkey's future is bright"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yeni Şafak - Türkiye'nin önü hep aydınlık|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/arsiv/2006/ocak/25/yenisafak.html|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.yenisafak.com}}</ref>, while the headline of the editorial article read: "Turkey's accumulation," which later became the newspaper’s slogan. |
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''Yeni Şafak''{{'s}} founding editor was [[Mehmet Ocaktan]]. In the beginning, ''Yeni Şafak'' was known for harboring both [[Liberalism|liberal]] and [[Islamist]] columnists. ''Yeni Şafak'' was acquired by [[Albayrak Holding]] in 1997,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-04-20|title=Albayrak Group|url=http://albayrak.com.tr/En/Kurumsal/tarihce|access-date=2021-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420083303/http://albayrak.com.tr/En/Kurumsal/tarihce|archive-date=2013-04-20}}</ref> which had close ties with then mayor of Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. After [[İbrahim Karagül]] became the editor-in-chief of ''Yeni Şafak'', the newspaper became a hardline supporter of then prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.<ref name="Al Monitor"/> More Islamist columnists were employed, while liberals like Kürşat Bumin were fired from the newspaper because of their critical views of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AK Party]].<ref>{{cite news|title=AK Parti and the liberals|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-321778-akp-and-the-liberals.html|access-date=17 November 2014|publisher=Today's Zaman}}</ref> |
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==Controversies== |
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The current owner of the newspaper, whose first Editor-in-Chief was [[Nabi Avcı]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2019-05-03|title=Yeni Şafak’ın ilk Genel Yayın Yönetmeni Nabi Avcı: Yeni Şafak’ın bir ferdi sayılırım|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/hayat/yeni-safakin-ilk-genel-yayin-yonetmeni-nabi-avci-yeni-safakin-bir-ferdi-sayilirim-3469277|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}</ref>, is Ahmet Albayrak of the [[Albayrak Holding|Albayrak Group]]. The newspaper’s Chairman of the Executive Board is his brother, Mustafa Albayrak. |
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===Fabricated Noam Chomsky interview=== |
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On 26 August 2013 [[Noam Chomsky]] accused the pro-government ''Yeni Şafak'' newspaper of fabricating parts of an interview that was done with him via [[email]], including inventing questions and answers and altering criticism of Erdoğan's approach to Egypt and Syria into an assertion that Turkey "stood with the oppressed people in Syria and Egypt".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chomsky-accuses-turkish-daily-of-fabricating-parts-of-interview.aspx?pageID=238&nID=53554&NewsCatID=341|title=Chomsky accuses Turkish daily of fabricating parts of interview - LOCAL|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> The administration of ''Yeni Şafak'' denied the accusation and promised to release the original English content of the emails. However, the released original was full of grammatical mistakes. Later it was found out that ''Yeni Şafak'' used [[Google Translate]] to translate fabricated Turkish content into English, and presented the translation as the original interview.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-NEB-6973 |title=Turkish Newspaper's Fake Chomsky Interview Lost In Translation| work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> After the grammatical errors, particularly "milk port", became a sensation on social media, ''Yeni Şafak'' finally admitted some parts were fabricated and removed the entire interview from its web site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-daily-admits-to-making-up-parts-of-chomsky-interview-releases-alleged-text-.aspx?PageID=238&NID=53617&NewsCatID=341|title=Turkish daily admits to making up parts of Chomsky interview, releases alleged text - LOCAL|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-daily-apologizes-for-fabricated-chomsky-interview.aspx?pageID=238&nID=53668&NewsCatID=341|title=Turkish daily apologizes for fabricated Chomsky interview - LOCAL|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> |
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===Disinformation during Gezi Protests=== |
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Some time after the establishment of the newspaper, the February 28 events took place and culminated in sacking the Refahyol Government. Several Yeni Şafak journalists who criticized the February 28 events and labeled what transpired as a post-modern coup, including [[Ali Bayramoğlu]], [[Cengiz Çandar]], Mehmet Barlas and [[Nazlı Ilıcak]], were arrested as a result and helped catapult Yeni Şafak to become one of the most influential newspapers of that era. Mustafa Albayrak, Chairman of the Executive Board of Yeni Şafak, who criticized the headscarf ban, which was implemented in the post-February 28 era,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Demokrasiye vurulan darbe: 28 Şubat|url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/demokrasiye-vurulan-darbe-28-subat-560251.html|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.trthaber.com|language=tr}}</ref> the closure of the middle sections of Imam-Hatip schools and the policies adopted with regards to building story numbers, was detained and arrested on September 13, 2001. Albayrak claimed that he was tortured while he was in custody at an [[Istanbul]] police station. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Albayrak'a 28 Şubat sürecinde 'yalan beyan' teklifi|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/albayraka-28-subat-surecinde-yalan-beyan-teklifi/760748|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref>The newspaper's building in Istanbul was the target of a raid by security forces on January 5, 2002. |
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''Yeni Şafak'' newspaper was a primary source of [[disinformation]] during [[2013–14 protests in Turkey]]. According to a report published by ''[[Hrant Dink]] Foundation'', ''Yeni Şafak'' was the primary newspaper generating hate speech against Gezi protesters.<ref name="Hrant Dink Foundation" /> |
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PM [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] said that they would release security camera footage to prove this had occurred. However, the [[imam]] of Dolmabahçe Mosque denied the paper's allegations and no footage was released to the public.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pm-erdogan-repeats-previously-denied-reports-of-protesters-entering-mosque-with-shoes-on-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=48520 |title=PM Erdoğan repeats previously denied reports of protesters entering mosque with shoes on |newspaper=[[Hürriyet Daily News]] |date=9 June 2013 |access-date=2014-02-18}}</ref> Later, the imam (who is a state employee of the mosque) was transferred to a different city.<ref>{{cite news|author=Yasemin Çongar |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/09/gezi-mosque-alcohol-lie-muezzin-exile.html |title=Turkish Muezzin Who Couldn't Lie Is Exiled |newspaper=[[Al-Monitor]] |date=2013-09-23 |access-date=2014-02-18}}</ref> |
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On January 5, 2002, the newspaper's Istanbul building was the target of an operation carried out by security forces. On October 10, 2012, Erol Çakır, the [[Governor of Istanbul]] at the time, claimed in a statement addressing the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Probe Commission into the February 28 Coup that the operation was carried out without his knowledge<ref>{{Cite web|title=TBMM Araştırma Komisyonu|url=https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/arastirma_komisyonlari/darbe_muhtira/docs/tutanak_son/28_subat_alt_komisyonu/28_subat_alt_komisyonu/10.10.2012/Erol%20%C3%87ak%C4%B1r-10.10.2012.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>, and claimed that the cause of the raid was a series of reports to be published by Yeni Şafak on the fictitious export operation in which several politicians were implicated, titled "The Greatest Highlight of the History of the Republic: Spider Web." The following day, the newspaper was published with a front page article with the headline "A spider raid on our newspaper."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2012-10-10|title=Yeni Şafak'a operasyon kararını bu üçlü verdi|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/yeni-safaka-operasyon-kararini-bu-uclu-verdi-414501|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}</ref> |
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The paper also claimed a headscarved woman was attacked by a gang of shirtless protesters near Dolmabahce Mosque at a tram station on 1 June 2013. On 13 February 2014, several months after the protests had ended, security camera footage showed that there had been no attack on a woman wearing a [[headscarf]] by protesters on that date. The woman and Prime Minister Erdoğan had claimed in press conferences and political rallies that protesters had attacked her and her baby.<ref name="headscarf2014-1">{{cite news | title = Released footage shows no physical attack on headscarf-wearing woman during Gezi protests | url = https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/released-footage-shows-no-physical-attack-on-headscarf-wearing-woman-during-gezi-protests-62479 | date = 14 February 2014 | newspaper = Hurriyet Daily }}</ref><ref name="headscarf2014-2">{{cite news | title = Video casts doubt over alleged attack on headscarved woman | url = https://gulfnews.com/world/oceania/video-casts-doubt-over-alleged-attack-on-headscarved-woman-1.1290880 |date=14 February 2014 |publisher=Gulf News}}</ref> |
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Yeni Şafak was the first media outlet to report on the failed coup attempt on the evening of July 15, 2016 through its website and social media accounts. Its first report on the events revealed that the July 15 Martyrs Bridge, as it is known today, had been closed by tanks. On July 15, 2016, the newspaper reported on the failed coup attempt on Twitter and Facebook under the title: "Treacherous parallel officers gone off the handle: They attempted to seize the Command Level!".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2016-07-15|title=Paralel subaylardan darbe girişimi|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/paralel-subaylardan-darbe-girisimi-2494677|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}</ref> |
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On 10 June ''Yeni Şafak'' claimed that a theatrical play called "Mi Minor," allegedly supported by an agency in the [[United Kingdom]], had held rehearsals for a "revolution" in Turkey for months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-actor-threatened-over-his-gezi-park-support-.aspx?PageID=238&NID=48568&NewsCatID=341|title=Turkish actor threatened over his Gezi Park support - LOCAL|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> |
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The report read: “[[FETÖ]] soldiers attempted to seize the General Staff Command Level. Police units were on alert and an operation was launched to detain soldiers who had committed treason. Action-packed hours were unfolding in the vicinity of the General Staff. While a large number of security and medical teams were dispatched to the General Staff headquarters, warplanes were spotted flying overhead.” The July 15 issue of Yeni Şafak came out with the headline"Even the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] have given up", outlining how FETÖ organized its members in the ranks of the Turkish Armed Forces and how the coup attempt was to be carried out . <ref>{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2016-07-15|title=TSK bile pes etti|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/tsk-bile-pes-etti-2494262|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}</ref>Yeni Şafak turned the events that took place on the night of July 15 into a micro website under the name of “July 15 Digital Library”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2021-11-08|title=15 Temmuz'un Dijital Kütüphanesi|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/15temmuz/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}</ref> |
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On 14 July ''Yeni Şafak'' published an article, titled "The Gezi Protestors' Horrible Plan for Istanbul," on their website that claimed that [[Gezi Park protests|Gezi protesters]] were conspiring to undermine the government by wasting water from the reservoirs supplying Istanbul.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/national_pro-govt-media-gezi-protesters-conspiring-to-use-up-istanbuls-water_353227.html|title=Pro-gov't media: Gezi protesters conspiring to use up İstanbul's water|date=16 July 2014|work=TodaysZaman|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> After the article became the object of nationwide mockery, ''Yeni Şafak'' removed it from their website. |
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== Supplements == |
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The [[newspaper]] also periodically publishes weekly ''Yeni Şafak Pazar'' and monthly Yeni Şafak Book supplements. The book supplement has been published monthly since 2005, while the Yeni Şafak Pazar supplement has been published weekly since 2006. Yeni Şafak has also published a Saturday supplement for a time. |
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===Other disinformation incidents=== |
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== Awards == |
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Yeni Şafak reporters and writers received numerous awards from a number of esteemed organizations, including the Journalists' Association of Turkey (TGC) and the Writers' Union of Turkey. TGC found Yeni Şafak reporters Hüsamettin Acar and Ali Galip Altunçul<ref>{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2001-02-07|title=Yeni Şafak'a iki ödül birden|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/yeni-safaka-iki-odul-birden-601586|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}</ref> worthy of praise in 2000, and Yeni Şafak writer Abdullah Muradoğlu in 2005. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2005-01-20|title=Yeni Şafak'a TGC'den ödül|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/yeni-safaka-tgcden-odul-2685941|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}</ref>In 2017, a report published by Yeni Şafak, titled “Information pollution in food safety”, received an award from The Food Safety Association, during an event that was organized for the first time that year. Yeni Şafak Correspondent Yasemin Asan, who penned the article, also received an award at the media award ceremony. In 2014, the Writers Union of Turkey (TYB) awarded Yeni Şafak writer Akif Emre in the category of "Press Ideas" and Ayşe Olgun, who is in charge of Yeni Şafak Supplements, in the category of "Press Culture-Art". <ref>{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2015-01-01|title=TYB Ödülleri açıklandı|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/hayat/tyb-odulleri-aciklandi-2056604|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}</ref>In 2015, the Writers Union of Turkey awarded Yeni Şafak Newspaper writers Mehmet Şeker and Leyla İpekçi in the “press” category<ref>{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2016-05-15|title=Şeker ve İpekçi’ye TYB’den ödül|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/seker-ve-ipekciye-tybden-odul-2466410|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}</ref>, while author İsmail Kılıçarslan received an award from TYB in 2016 in the “satire” category.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-01|title=2016 Yılının " Yazar, Fikir Adamı ve Sanatçıları" Ödülleri|url=https://www.tyb.org.tr/2016-yilinin-yazar-fikir-adami-ve-sanatcilari-odulleri-28197h.htm|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği|language=tr-TR}}</ref> |
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On 15 January 2016 ''Yeni Şafak'' published a video purportedly showing live audience members of the prime-time [[Beyaz Show]] [[talk show]] chanting slogans in support of outlawed Kurdish leader [[Abdullah Öcalan]]. British investigative news agency [[D8 News]] published a [[Audio forensics|forensic analysis]] demonstrating that the audio track was modified before publication, adding voices sampled from an unrelated protest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yeni Şafak Coverup Following Doctored Beyaz Show Video: A Technical Analysis|url=https://d8news.com/yeni-safak-coverup-following-doctors-beyaz-show-video-225|access-date=22 August 2016|publisher=D8 News|date=16 January 2016}}</ref> The article also presented evidence that ''Yeni Şafak'' editors likely attempted to cover up their claims rather than issuing a formal retraction. The falsification incident was subsequently corroborated and covered by other news outlets in Turkey.<ref>{{cite news|trans-title=Falsified and broadcast with the headline "Öcalan slogans on Beyaz Show!"|title=Montaj yapıp "Beyaz Show'da Öcalan sloganı!" başlığı yayınladılar|url=http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/video/video_haber/464947/Montaj_yapip__Beyaz_Show_da_Ocalan_slogani___basligi_yayinladilar.html|language=tr|access-date=22 August 2016|publisher=D8 News|date=16 January 2016}}</ref> |
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== Editorial line == |
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In 2021 retired professor and politician Mustafa Ozturk ({{lang-tr|[[:tr:Mustafa Öztürk (1953 doğumlu siyasetçi)|Mustafa Öztürk (politician born in 1953)]]}}), was quoted as an authority on the environment, as saying that there are no [[greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Acet|first=Mehmet|date=16 August 2021|title=Is global warming the culprit of the floods, fires ravaging Turkey? Should we brace ourselves for the worst?|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/en/columns/mehmetacet/is-global-warming-the-culprit-of-the-floods-fires-ravaging-turkey-should-we-brace-ourselves-for-the-worst-3578477|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Yeni Şafak|language=en}}</ref> |
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===Anti-Semitism=== |
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* Abdullah Muradoğlu |
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On 11 July 2014 ''Yeni Şafak'' columnists ''İbrahim Sancak'' and ''Yusuf Kaplan'' resorted to hate speech against [[Jews]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Yeni çağın ilk büyük imtihanı|url=http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=1347&bolum=bizden|website=nefretsoylemi.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Frankenstein ruhlu adamlar, Tanrı'yı kıyamete zorluyorlar|url=http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=1562&bolum=bizden|website=nefretsoylemi.org|access-date=19 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029184454/http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=1347&bolum=bizden |archive-date=29 October 2018}}</ref> |
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On 23 and 30 July 2014 ''Yeni Şafak'' columnist ''İbrahim Tenekeci'' resorted to hate speech against [[Jews]] and identified them as "eternal pain of humanity".<ref>{{cite web|title=Bir iman meselesi|url=http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=1706&bolum=bizden|website=nefretsoylemi.org|access-date=19 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029192730/http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=1706&bolum=bizden|archive-date=29 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=İnsanlar ve Yahudiler|url=http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=1574&bolum=bizden|website=nefretsoylemi.org|access-date=19 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029202604/http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=1574&bolum=bizden|archive-date=29 October 2018}}</ref> |
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* Ahmet Ulusoy |
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===Anti-LGBT=== |
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* Ahmet Ünlü |
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On 6 June 2012 ''Yeni Şafak'' columnist ''A. Fuat Erdoğan'' identified homosexuality as perversion.<ref name="nefretsoylemi.org">{{cite web|title=Kürtah yasağı özgürlük kısıtlaması mıdır?|url=http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=549&bolum=bizden|website=nefretsoylemi.org|access-date=19 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029203631/http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=549&bolum=bizden |archive-date=29 October 2018}}</ref> |
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On 13 May 2013 ''Yeni Şafak'' columnist ''Yusuf Kaplan'' identified sexual identities other than heterosexuality as perversion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Üçüncü cinsel Devrim: Geliyorum diyen felaket|url=http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=971&bolum=bizden|website=nefretsoylemi.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029212554/http://www.nefretsoylemi.org/detay.asp?id=971&bolum=bizden |archive-date=29 October 2018}}</ref> |
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* Ali Saydam |
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===Anti-Abortion=== |
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* Ayşe Böhürler |
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On 6 June 2012 ''Yeni Şafak'' columnist ''A. Fuat Erdoğan'' resorted to hate speech against pro-abortion women.<ref name="nefretsoylemi.org"/> |
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== Columnists ==<!-- new links in alphabetical order please --> |
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* Bülent Orakoğlu |
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* [[Melih Bayram Dede]] |
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* Dursun Gürlek |
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* [[Ali Bayramoğlu]] |
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* [[Yusuf Ziya Cömert]] |
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* Erdal Tanas Karagöl |
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* [[Ali Murat Güven]] |
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* [[İbrahim Karagül]] |
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* Ergün Yıldırım |
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* [[Tamer Korkmaz]] |
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* [[Ömer Lekesiz]] |
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* Ersin Çelik |
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* [[Abdullah Muradoğlu]] |
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* [[Osman Tanburacı]] |
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* Faruk Beşer |
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* [[Salih Tuna]] |
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* Fatma Barbarosoğlu |
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* Gökhan Özcan |
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* Hasan Öztürk |
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* Hayrettin Karaman |
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* Hüseyin Likoğlu |
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* İsmail Kılıçarslan |
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* Levent Yılmaz |
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* Mehmet Acet |
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* Mehmet Şeker |
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* Mustafa Kutlu |
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* Nedret Ersanel |
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* Osman Akkuşak |
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* Ömer Lekesiz |
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* Rasim Özdenören |
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* Selçuk Türkyılmaz |
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* Süleyman Seyfi Öğün |
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* Taha Kılınç |
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* Tamer Korkmaz |
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* Yasin Aktay |
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* Yaşar Süngü |
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* Yusuf Kaplan |
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* Zekeriya Kurşun |
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== Notable names from Yeni Şafak == |
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* Abdülkadir Selvi |
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* Afet Ilgaz |
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* Ahmet Davutoğlu |
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* Ahmet Hakan |
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* Ahmet Kekeç |
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* Ahmet Taşgetiren |
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* Ali Akel |
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* Ali Bayramoğlu |
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* Ali Bulaç |
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* Ali Erbaş |
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* Ali Murat Güven |
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* Alper Görmüş |
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* Atilla Yayla |
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* Aydın Menderes |
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* Aydın Ünal |
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* Bekir Hazar |
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* Bercan Tutar |
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* Cem Küçük |
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* Cemal Aydın |
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* Cengiz Çandar |
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* Cevdet Akçalı |
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* Davut Dursun |
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* Dücane Cündioğlu |
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* Ebubekir Eroğlu |
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* Erkan Tan |
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* Erol Göka |
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* Ersin Nazif Gürdoğan |
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* Fadime Özkan |
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* Faruk Aksoy |
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* Fehmi Koru |
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* Fevzi Öztürk |
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* Fikri Akyüz |
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* Hakan Albayrak |
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* Hasan Kaçan |
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* Hatice Karahan |
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* Hilal Kaplan |
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* Hüseyin Hatemi |
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* Işın Eliçin |
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* İbrahim Tenekeci |
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* İbrahim Tığlı |
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* İdris Özsoy |
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* İhsan Deniz |
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* İhsan Süreyya Sırma |
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* İsmail Berduk Olgaçay |
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* İsmail Kara |
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* İsmet Özel |
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* Kemal Öztürk |
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* Koray Düzgören |
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* Kürşat Bumin |
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* Leyla İpekçi |
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* Mahmud Erol Kılıç |
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* Markar Esayan |
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* Mehmet Akif Aydın |
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* Mehmet Barlas |
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* Mehmet Metiner |
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* Mehmet Niyazi Özdemir |
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* Melikşah Utku |
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* Merve Şebnem Oruç |
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* Murat Aksoy |
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* Murat Menteş |
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* Mustafa Armağan |
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* Mustafa İslamoğlu |
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* Mustafa Özcan |
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* Mustafa Özel |
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* Müfit Yüksel |
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* Nasuhi Güngör |
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* Nazlı Ilıcak |
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* Necmettin Türinay |
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* Ömer Çelik |
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* Ömer Lütfi Mete |
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* Özlem Albayrak |
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* Resul Tosun |
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* Sadık Albayrak |
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* Salih Tuna |
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* Selahattin Yusuf |
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* Sema Karabıyık |
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* Serdar Tuncer |
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* Süleyman Gündüz |
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* Şahap Kavcıoğlu |
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* Şenol Kazancı |
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* Tahsin Sınav |
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* Vecdi Akyüz |
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* Yalçın Akdoğan |
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* Yalçın Çetinkaya |
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* Yaşar Taşkın Koç |
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=== Artist === |
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* Hasan Aycin |
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(Previous artists include: Ali Galip Tunçgil, Hasan Kaçan, Osman Turhan, Sinan Tavukçu, Vehip Sinan) |
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==References== |
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== External Links == |
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* [https://www.yenisafak.com Official Site] |
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* [https://www.twitter.com/yenisafak Yeni Şafak's Twitter] |
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* [https://www.facebook.com/YeniSafak/ Yeni Şafak's Facebook] |
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* [https://www.instagram.com/yenisafak/ Yeni Şafak’s Instagram] |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCClO1RgRkaOcC9cLj-bLuEw Yeni Şafak’s YouTube] |
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* [https://t.me/yenisafak Yeni Şafak's Telegram] |
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* [https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeni_%C5%9Eafak Turkish Wikipedia] |
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== References == |
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* {{Official website}} {{in lang|tr}} |
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Berliner |
Owner(s) | Albayrak Holding |
Founded | 1994 |
Political alignment | Islamist, Conservative |
Language | Turkish |
Headquarters | Zeytinburnu, Istanbul |
City | Istanbul |
Country | Turkey |
Circulation | 112,102 (November 2014)[1] |
Website | www |
Yeni Şafak ("New Dawn") is a conservative, Islamist Turkish daily newspaper. The newspaper is known for its hardline support of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AK Party and has a very close relationship with the Turkish government.[2][3][4] Together with other media organizations in Turkey, it has been accused of using hate speech to target minorities and opposition groups.[5][6][7]
History
Yeni Şafak's founding editor was Mehmet Ocaktan. In the beginning, Yeni Şafak was known for harboring both liberal and Islamist columnists. Yeni Şafak was acquired by Albayrak Holding in 1997,[8] which had close ties with then mayor of Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. After İbrahim Karagül became the editor-in-chief of Yeni Şafak, the newspaper became a hardline supporter of then prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[2] More Islamist columnists were employed, while liberals like Kürşat Bumin were fired from the newspaper because of their critical views of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AK Party.[9]
Controversies
Fabricated Noam Chomsky interview
On 26 August 2013 Noam Chomsky accused the pro-government Yeni Şafak newspaper of fabricating parts of an interview that was done with him via email, including inventing questions and answers and altering criticism of Erdoğan's approach to Egypt and Syria into an assertion that Turkey "stood with the oppressed people in Syria and Egypt".[10] The administration of Yeni Şafak denied the accusation and promised to release the original English content of the emails. However, the released original was full of grammatical mistakes. Later it was found out that Yeni Şafak used Google Translate to translate fabricated Turkish content into English, and presented the translation as the original interview.[11] After the grammatical errors, particularly "milk port", became a sensation on social media, Yeni Şafak finally admitted some parts were fabricated and removed the entire interview from its web site.[12][13]
Disinformation during Gezi Protests
Yeni Şafak newspaper was a primary source of disinformation during 2013–14 protests in Turkey. According to a report published by Hrant Dink Foundation, Yeni Şafak was the primary newspaper generating hate speech against Gezi protesters.[7]
PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that they would release security camera footage to prove this had occurred. However, the imam of Dolmabahçe Mosque denied the paper's allegations and no footage was released to the public.[14] Later, the imam (who is a state employee of the mosque) was transferred to a different city.[15]
The paper also claimed a headscarved woman was attacked by a gang of shirtless protesters near Dolmabahce Mosque at a tram station on 1 June 2013. On 13 February 2014, several months after the protests had ended, security camera footage showed that there had been no attack on a woman wearing a headscarf by protesters on that date. The woman and Prime Minister Erdoğan had claimed in press conferences and political rallies that protesters had attacked her and her baby.[16][17]
On 10 June Yeni Şafak claimed that a theatrical play called "Mi Minor," allegedly supported by an agency in the United Kingdom, had held rehearsals for a "revolution" in Turkey for months.[18]
On 14 July Yeni Şafak published an article, titled "The Gezi Protestors' Horrible Plan for Istanbul," on their website that claimed that Gezi protesters were conspiring to undermine the government by wasting water from the reservoirs supplying Istanbul.[19] After the article became the object of nationwide mockery, Yeni Şafak removed it from their website.
Other disinformation incidents
On 15 January 2016 Yeni Şafak published a video purportedly showing live audience members of the prime-time Beyaz Show talk show chanting slogans in support of outlawed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. British investigative news agency D8 News published a forensic analysis demonstrating that the audio track was modified before publication, adding voices sampled from an unrelated protest.[20] The article also presented evidence that Yeni Şafak editors likely attempted to cover up their claims rather than issuing a formal retraction. The falsification incident was subsequently corroborated and covered by other news outlets in Turkey.[21]
In 2021 retired professor and politician Mustafa Ozturk (Turkish: Mustafa Öztürk (politician born in 1953)), was quoted as an authority on the environment, as saying that there are no greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey.[22]
Anti-Semitism
On 11 July 2014 Yeni Şafak columnists İbrahim Sancak and Yusuf Kaplan resorted to hate speech against Jews.[23][24]
On 23 and 30 July 2014 Yeni Şafak columnist İbrahim Tenekeci resorted to hate speech against Jews and identified them as "eternal pain of humanity".[25][26]
Anti-LGBT
On 6 June 2012 Yeni Şafak columnist A. Fuat Erdoğan identified homosexuality as perversion.[27]
On 13 May 2013 Yeni Şafak columnist Yusuf Kaplan identified sexual identities other than heterosexuality as perversion.[28]
Anti-Abortion
On 6 June 2012 Yeni Şafak columnist A. Fuat Erdoğan resorted to hate speech against pro-abortion women.[27]
Columnists
References
- ^ "Tiraj - MedyaTava - Yazmadıysa Doğru Değildir". 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Is Davutoglu facing a 'mission impossible'?". Al Monitor. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ Usluata, Ayseli; Rosenbaum, John (2005). Shaping the future of communication research in Europe. İstanbul: Yeditepe University Pub. p. 140. ISBN 978-9753070126.
- ^ Tziarras, Zenonas (April 2015). "State-Media Relations in Turkey: Daily Sabah and Yeni Şafak as a Tactical Arm of the AKP's Foreign Policy". Asian Politics & Policy. 7 (2): 323–327. doi:10.1111/aspp.12187.
- ^ "Study reveals increasing hate speech in Turkish press". Al Monitor. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Hate speech on the rise in Turkish media". BBC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Nefret Söylemi Raporu: Yeni Şafak 'Gezi'den Düşman Yaratmada Birinci". Hrant Dink Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Albayrak Group". 2013-04-20. Archived from the original on 2013-04-20. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "AK Parti and the liberals". Today's Zaman. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ "Chomsky accuses Turkish daily of fabricating parts of interview - LOCAL". Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Turkish Newspaper's Fake Chomsky Interview Lost In Translation". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Turkish daily admits to making up parts of Chomsky interview, releases alleged text - LOCAL". Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Turkish daily apologizes for fabricated Chomsky interview - LOCAL". Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "PM Erdoğan repeats previously denied reports of protesters entering mosque with shoes on". Hürriyet Daily News. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ Yasemin Çongar (2013-09-23). "Turkish Muezzin Who Couldn't Lie Is Exiled". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ "Released footage shows no physical attack on headscarf-wearing woman during Gezi protests". Hurriyet Daily. 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Video casts doubt over alleged attack on headscarved woman". Gulf News. 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Turkish actor threatened over his Gezi Park support - LOCAL". Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Pro-gov't media: Gezi protesters conspiring to use up İstanbul's water". TodaysZaman. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Yeni Şafak Coverup Following Doctored Beyaz Show Video: A Technical Analysis". D8 News. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Montaj yapıp "Beyaz Show'da Öcalan sloganı!" başlığı yayınladılar" [Falsified and broadcast with the headline "Öcalan slogans on Beyaz Show!"] (in Turkish). D8 News. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Acet, Mehmet (16 August 2021). "Is global warming the culprit of the floods, fires ravaging Turkey? Should we brace ourselves for the worst?". Yeni Şafak. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ "Yeni çağın ilk büyük imtihanı". nefretsoylemi.org.
- ^ "Frankenstein ruhlu adamlar, Tanrı'yı kıyamete zorluyorlar". nefretsoylemi.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Bir iman meselesi". nefretsoylemi.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "İnsanlar ve Yahudiler". nefretsoylemi.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Kürtah yasağı özgürlük kısıtlaması mıdır?". nefretsoylemi.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Üçüncü cinsel Devrim: Geliyorum diyen felaket". nefretsoylemi.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018.
External links
- Official website
(in Turkish)