Cumhuriyet

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Cumhuriyet

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	Cumhuriyet Foundation
Founded	1924
Headquarters	Mecidiyeköy, Istanbul

Website: www.cumhuriyet.com.tr

Cumhuriyet (English Republic) is a centre-left turkish daily newspaper. It was founded on May 7, 1924 by journalist Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu. Based in Istanbul, it has been situated since October 17, 2005 in Mecidiyeköy. Cumhuriyet was the last newspaper to leave the old press district Cağaloğlu. It has also offices in Ankara and İzmir.

Following the death of Yunus Nadi on March 28, 1945 in Geneva, Switzerland, Cumhuriyet was owned by his eldest son Nadir Nadi until his death on August 20, 1991. Nadir Nadi's wife Berin then published the newspaper. Cumhuriyet is owned by the Cumhuriyet Foundation since the death of Berin Nadi on November 5, 2001. The publisher is currently the renowned political columnist Ilhan Selçuk, who is also chairman of the board of trustees.

Cumhuriyet is one of the oldest newspapers in Turkey. The circulation figure is around 58,000 copies as of 2005. Since May 7, 1998 the newspaper can be read also on the Internet; however a subscription is currently required.

Notable editors and columnists are: Cüneyt Arcayürek (politics), Erdal Atabek, Ahmet Cemal (culture), Hikmet Çetinkaya (politics), Emre Kongar (politics), Erol Manisalı (foreign politics), Zeynep Oral (culture), Mümtaz Soysal (politics) and Zekeriya Temizel (economics), Ali Sirmen (politics/law).

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