Zaman (newspaper)

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Zaman Newspaper
Type Daily newspaper
Format Berliner
Owner Feza Inc.
Editor Ekrem Dumanlı
Founded 1986
Headquarters Fevzi Cakmak Mah. A. Taner Kislali Cad. No:6 34194 Bahcelievler, Istanbul
TURKEY
Website: www.zaman.com.tr

Zaman (literally "time" or "era" in Turkish) is a major Turkish daily newspaper with over 700,000 average daily circulation (highest in Turkey).[1]. It was founded in 1986 and was the first Turkish daily to go online in 1995. It contains international, national (Turkish), business and other news. It also has many regular columnists who cover current affairs, interviews and a culture section.

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Zaman is an Istanbul-based daily paper that also prints special international editions for some other countries. In addition to four locations in Turkey, regional editions are printed and distributed in Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, Kazakhstan, Kyrghizistan, Macedonia, Turkmenistan, and the US. Zaman bureaus and correspondents are located in major world capitals and cities like Washington DC, New York, Brussels, Moscow, Cairo, Baku, Frankfurt, Ashgabat, Tashkent, and Bucharest.

Special international editions are distributed in the native alphabets and languages of the countries they are published. Zaman has Romanian, Bulgarian, Azeri, Uzbek, Turkmen etc. editions.

Zaman headquarters in Istanbul is supported by news bureaus in Ashgabat, Baku, Brussels, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Moscow, New York, and Washington, DC. Zaman also appears to have a large network of foreign journalists, especially in Russia and Central Asia.

Originally also having an English-language edition, since January 16, 2007, that role has been taken over by the newly-launched English-language daily newspaper Today's Zaman.

[edit] Current position and awards

Its circulation is about 780.000 [2], making it the most popular newspaper in the country. The weekly circulation of Zaman was verified by an independent Media Auditing company, BPA Worldwide, after accusations that the newspaper is being handed out freely to gain market share. The audition report was released to public in March 2007 [3].

It has been awarded for its design countless times, by bodies including Society for News Design. (A few of them : [4][5][6]).

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)
  2. ^ Weekly circulation report for Turkish newspapers - Source: YAYSAT
  3. ^ BPA Worldwide ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION STATEMENT
  4. ^ Society of News Design - Detail
  5. ^ Society of News Design - Detail
  6. ^ Society of News Design - Detail

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