- Radikal gazetesi
Infobox Newspaper
name = Radikal
caption =
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation =1996
owners =Doğan Media Group
headquarters =Istanbul ,Turkey
editor =İsmet Berkan
website = [http://www.radikal.com.tr www.radikal.com.tr]Radikal is a daily
Turkish language newspaper, published inIstanbul . It has been published since 1996 byAydın Doğan 's Doğan Media Group (Doğan Medya Grubu).Unlike many daily newspapers in Turkey, Radikal does not seem to support a certain political party because the owner, Aydın Doğan, wants to keep his relations well with anyone who is in power. However, it is generally considered as a left-wing (democratic socialist) newspaper, indeed it is a very liberal democrat newspaper. Ironically, compared to
Cumhuriyet , Radikal is considered by manywho? to be much more spineless, open-minded. Fact|date=February 2007. It is praised for its culture, arts, and interview sections, as well as columnists such as M. Serdar Kuzuloglu, Hakki Devrim, Yildirim Turker, Turker Alkan, Altan Oymen, Nuray Mert,Murat Belge and Gunduz Aktan. Mine G. Kirikkanat used to write for Radikal before she got fired after harshly criticizing the Turkish nation. [ [http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=159792 Radikal-çevrimiçi / Politika / Halkımız eğleniyor ] ] Hasan Celal Guzel, former minister of education, Murat Yetkin, andMustafa Akyol , son ofTaha Akyol , also write for Radikal.In 2007,
Orhan Pamuk andSezen Aksu became Radikal's temporary editors-in-chief on January 9th and 14th, respectively.Despite having a circulation of around 50,000, [ [http://www.medyatava.com/tiraj.asp MEDYATAVA - Çift Sarılı Yumurta Tadında ] ] it has a lot of public influence, guiding the main agenda of Turkey.
Other magazines with the same title
[http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/radikal/ Radikal] was also the name of a German
anarchist magazine, which appears to be defunct.ections
Radikal has the following sections, among others:
*Türkiye - usually with domestic news
*Yaşam (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 newsThe paper also publishes three supplements:
*Kitap (Book) - weekly book reviews, out on Fridays
*Cumartesi (Saturday) - usually with weekend entertainment and news, out on Saturdays
*Radikal 2 - op-eds, mostly on social-democracy, Marxism or current political issues, out on Sundays
*Genc (Youth) - op-eds submitted by college students, out every other Tuesday.Radikal publishes an online edition with the printed articles, updated daily.The online edition also includes Sıcak Haber, a section of breaking news.
References
External links
* [http://www.radikal.com.tr Radikal official site]
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