Type Daily newspaper Owner(s) Ciner Media Group | Format Berliner Editor Gülin Çelikler | |
Founded 1 March 2009 (2009-03-01) Political alignment Nationalism
Conservatism
Right-wing | ||
Habertürk (literally: "News Turkish"), abbreviated as HT, is a high-circulation Turkish newspaper. It was established on March 1, 2009 by Ciner Media Group, drawing on the brand of Ciner's Habertürk TV. The current editor-in-chief is Gülin Çelikler.
Contents
The newspaper sold on its first day of publication 360,000 copies. At 10 hours local time, the first issue was outsold. The next day's circulation totaled to 202,000. The newspaper ranked that day fifth following the dailies Hürriyet (448,296), Sabah (420,148), Milliyet (204,477) and Vatan (204,154). At its first publishing anniversary in 2010, the newspaper sold 380,000 copies, breaking its own record.
Unlike all other newspapers in Turkey, Habertürk is the first daily to print in Berliner format in 350 mm × 500 mm (14 in × 20 in), differing slightly from the standard Berliner.
Supplements
Habertürk comes out on weekdays with supplements HT Ekonomi (economy), HT Spor (sport), HT Magazin+Bulmaca (magazin plus crossword) and HT İstanbul/Ankara/İzmir (regionals). On weekends HT Cumartesi (Saturday) and HT Pazar (Sunday) supplements are added. On Sundays, HT Kariyer (Human resources) and HT Tarih (History) supplements are added without charge.
Columnists
There are 22 columnists at the main newspaper. In addition, 19 columnists are writing for HT Spor, eleven for HT Magazin, twelve for HT Ekonomi and four more for the regional and weekend supplements. The total number of the staff is 68.
Notable columnists are: