Evrensel (English: Universal) is a Turkish daily newspaper.[1]

Evrensel
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Kürşat Yılmaz
Founded7 June 1995; 28 years ago (1995-06-07)
Political alignmentSocialism
Leftism
Secularism
LanguageTurkish
HeadquartersŞirinevler, Istanbul, Turkey
Websiteevrensel.net

History and profile edit

Evrensel was founded on 7 June 1995. The issues captured and written are from a socialist perspective. The paper is different from other Turkish newspapers in that it presents an in-depth research into issues surrounding the workers unions.[1] In 2017, newspaper started an English version of news.[2]

Incidents edit

Metin Göktepe, the 27-year-old journalist whose death in police custody in 1996 caused public protests and outcry, was on duty as a reporter for Evrensel on the day of his detention and murder.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Böse, Martina; Haberfellner, Regina; Koldas, Ayhan (2001). Mapping Minorities and their Media: The National Context – Austria (PDF) (Report). Centre for Social Innovation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Evrensel Newspaper". hrantdink.org. Hrant Dink Foundation. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ Woodhull, Nancy J.; Snyder, Robert W., eds. (2018) [1996]. "Preface". Journalists in Peril. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-51054-7.
  4. ^ Basın Almanağı 2017: Press Almanac 2017 in Turkey (in Turkish). Istanbul, Turkey: DİSK Basın-İş. p. 12.