Posta (newspaper)
{{short description|Turkish tabloid newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Other uses|Posta (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Posta
| caption =
| logo = Posta (newspaper) logo.svg
| logo_size = 220px
| image =
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = {{start date|1995|01|23|df=y}}
| owners = Demirören Group
| political = Conservative democracy
Erdoğanism
Center-right
| language = Turkish
| publishing_city = Bağcılar, Istanbul
| publishing_country = Turkey
| circulation = 212,097
| circulation_date = 9 September 2018
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
Posta is a Turkish tabloid newspaper, with the second-highest circulation in Turkey. It was founded in 1995 by Doğan Media Group and began publication on 23 January 1995. Posta had a daily circulation of approximately 516,000 in 2009.{{cite web|title=Gazete satış rakamları : 20 Nisan 2009 - 26 Nisan 2009|url=http://www.xgazete.com/tiraj.php |website=X Gazete|language=tr|access-date=5 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231112707/http://www.xgazete.com/tiraj.php|archive-date=31 December 2010|url-status=dead}} The newspaper is published in Istanbul by Doğan Holding, which also used to own (1994–2018) other major Turkish newspapers, including Hürriyet.{{cite web|date=27 March 2010|title=WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2010-0164|url=http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/text/2010/d2010-0164.html |website=wipo.int|publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization|access-date=22 February 2023}}{{cite web|title=Medya |url=http://www.doganholding.com.tr/yatirimlar/medya.aspx |website=doganholding.com.tr |language=tr|publisher=Doğan Holding|access-date=5 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122100032/http://www.doganholding.com.tr/yatirimlar/medya.aspx|archive-date=22 November 2010|url-status=dead}}
On 21 March 2018, Demirören Group acquired the newspaper.{{cite web|title=Posta|url=http://turkey.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/posta/|website=Media Ownership Monitor|publisher=Reporters Without Borders|access-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920205650/http://turkey.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/posta/|archive-date=20 September 2020|url-status=dead}}
Editorial line
The paper's editorial line has been described as tabloid, similar to the New York Daily News or the Daily Mirror, appealing to broad audiences with more attention paid to entertainment and gossip than politics and economics.{{cite book |last=Abazov|first=Rafis |year=2009 |title=Culture and Customs of Turkey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kx-hnRY6E94C&q=Posta&pg=PA77 |location=Westport, Connecticut |publisher=Greenwood Press|page=77|isbn=978-0-313-34215-8}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|tr}}
{{Doğan Holding}}
Category:1995 establishments in Turkey
Category:Daily newspapers published in Turkey
Category:Newspapers established in 1995
Category:Newspapers published in Istanbul
Category:Turkish-language newspapers
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