Milliyet facts for kids
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Typical Milliyet front page.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Demirören Holding |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Political alignment | Historically: Kemalism, Secularism, Center-left Currently: Center-right, Turkish nationalism |
| Language | Turkish |
| Headquarters | Bağcılar |
| City | İstanbul |
| Country | Turkey |
| Circulation | 182,955 (26 January-1 February 2015) |
Milliyet (Turkish for "nationality") is a Turkish daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey.
History and profile
Milliyet came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 May 1950. Its owner was Ali Naci Karacan. After his death in 1955 the paper was published by his son, Encüment Karacan.
For a number of years the person who made his mark on the paper as the editor in chief was Abdi İpekçi. İpekçi managed to raise the standards of the Turkish press by introducing his journalistic criteria. On 1 February 1979, İpekçi was murdered by Mehmet Ali Ağca, who would later attempt to assassinate the Pope John Paul II.
Milliyet is published in broadsheet format.
In 2001 Milliyet had a circulation of 337,000 copies. According to comScore, Milliyet's website is the fifth most visited news website in Europe.
