Taraf
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For other uses, see Taraf (disambiguation).
Taraf ("Side" in Turkish) was a liberal newspaper in Turkey. It had distinguished itself by opposing interference by the Turkish military in the country's social and political affairs.[2] It was distributed nationwide, and had been in circulation since November 15, 2007.[3] On July 27, 2016, the newspaper was closed under a statutory decree during the state of emergency after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, due to its links with the coup plotters' Gülen movement.[4]
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Başar Arslan |
Publisher | Alkım Kitabevi |
Editor | Ahmet Altan (2007-2012) Neşe Düzel (2013-2016) |
Founded | 10 September 2002 |
Political alignment | Liberal democracy Cultural liberalism Post-Kemalism Gülenism |
Language | Turkish |
Ceased publication | 27 July 2016 |
Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
Circulation | 56571[1] |
Website | taraf.com.tr at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
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