- Zaman (newspaper)
Infobox Newspaper
name = Zaman Newspaper
caption = The front page with the SND Award of Excellence
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Berliner
foundation =1986
owners =Feza Inc.
headquarters = Fevzi Cakmak Mah. A. Taner Kislali Cad. No:6 34194 Bahcelievler, IstanbulTURKEY
editor =Ekrem Dumanlı
website = [http://www.zaman.com.tr www.zaman.com.tr]"Zaman" (literally "time" or "era" in Turkish) is a
right-wing , pro-Islamist, Turkish daily newspaper with over 700,000 average daily circulation (the highest in Turkey). [ [http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=3&id=11066 Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English) ] ] . It was founded in 1986 and was the first Turkish daily to go online in 1995 [ [http://www.zaman.com.tr Zaman-Wap ] ] . It contains national (Turkish), international, business and other news. It also has many regular columnists who cover current affairs, interviews and a culture section.Editions
"Zaman" is an
Istanbul -based daily paper that also prints special international editions for some other countries. In addition to four locations in Turkey, regional editions are printed and distributed in Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, Kazakhstan, Kyrghizistan, Macedonia, Turkmenistan, and the US. Zaman bureaus and correspondents are located in major world capitals and cities like Washington DC, New York, Brussels, Moscow, Cairo, Baku, Frankfurt, Ashgabat, Tashkent, and Bucharest.Special international editions are distributed in the native alphabets and languages of the countries they are published. "Zaman" has Romanian, Bulgarian, Azeri, Uzbek, Turkmen etc. editions.
"Zaman" headquarters in Istanbul is supported by news bureaus in Ashgabat, Baku, Brussels, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Moscow, New York, and Washington, DC. "Zaman" also appears to have a large network of foreign journalists, especially in
Russia andCentral Asia .Originally also having an English-language edition, since
January 16 ,2007 , that role has been taken over by the newly-launched English-language daily newspaper "Today's Zaman".Current position and awards
Its circulation is about 780.000 [ [http://www.medyatava.com/tiraj.asp Weekly circulation report for Turkish newspapers - Source: YAYSAT] ] , highest in Turkey as of 2008. The weekly circulation of "Zaman" was verified by an independent Media Auditing company,
BPA Worldwide , after accusations that the newspaper is being handed out freely to gain market share. The audition report was released to public in March 2007 [ [http://medya.zaman.com.tr/2007/07/13/bpa.pdf BPA Worldwide ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION STATEMENT] ] . However, it should also be noted that, circulation is defined as the number of copies distributed on an average day and it doesn't distinguish between the number of newspapers sold or given away.Zaman has been awarded several times for its design, including
Society for News Design . [ [http://www.snd.org/competitions/contests.lasso?contest=24&ID=34050 Society of News Design - Detail ] ] [ [http://www.snd.org/competitions/contests.lasso?contest=26&ID=35795 Society of News Design - Detail ] ] [ [http://www.snd.org/competitions/contests.lasso?contest=27&ID=34624 Society of News Design - Detail ] ]Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.todayszaman.com/ Web site of "Zaman"] also [http://www.zaman.com]
* [http://www.zaman.com.tr/ Web site of "Zaman"] (in Turkish).
* [http://www.zaman.com/?bl=columnists "Zaman"'s columnists] – Few right-wing liberals, mostly pro-Islamist
conservative.
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