Vatan (2002 newspaper)

{{Short description|Turkish newspaper}}

{{Infobox newspaper

|name = Vatan

|image =

|caption =

|type = Daily newspaper

|format = Broadsheet

|owners = Demirören Holding

|foundation = 2002

|publishing_city = Istanbul

|publishing_country = Turkey

|ceased publication = 2018

|political = Erdoğanism

|language = Turkish

|website = {{Official URL}}

|circulation = 127,586{{cite web|url=http://www.medyatava.com/tiraj|title=Tiraj – MedyaTava – Yazmadıysa Doğru Değildir|date=7 March 2016}}

}}

Vatan ("Homeland" or "Motherland") is a Turkish daily newspaper founded in 2002 by the Doğan Media Group. The paper was purchased by DK (Demirören-Karacan partnership) in April 2011 and totally acquired by Demirören Holding a few months later.{{cite web|url=http://finans.mynet.com/haber/detay/ekonomi/milliyet-ve-vatan-tamamen-demirorenin-oldu/76155|title=Milliyet ve Vatan tamamen Demirören'in oldu|date=8 February 2012}}

As of March 2011, Vatan had the 15th highest circulation in Turkey at 111,489.[http://medyatava.net/tiraj.asp Medya Tava Circulation figures Web: Medya Tava March 8, 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306150931/http://www.medyatava.net/tiraj.asp |date=March 6, 2011 }} However on 1 November 2018 it ceased publication.