List of media outlets shut down in the 2016 Turkish purges

This is a list of media outlets that were shut down in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges.

On 27 July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shut down 16 television channels, 23 radio stations, 45 daily newspapers, 15 magazines and 29 publishing houses in another emergency decree under the newly adopted emergency legislation.[1] In October 2016 the Turkish government issued another decree which closed further news outlets. According to the European Federation of Journalists, 168 media outlets have been shut down during the state of emergency following the coup d'état attempt in July 2016.[2]

News agencies

The following four news agencies were shut down in July 2016:

  1. Cihan News Agency
  2. Muhabir News Agency
  3. SEM News Agency
  4. Urfa News Agency

Closed in October 2016:[2]

  1. Dicle News Agency (DİHA)
  2. Jin News Agency

Newspapers

The following newspapers were shut down:

Closed in July 2016:
  1. Adana Haber
  2. Adana Medya
  3. Akdeniz Türk
  4. Şuhut’un Sesi
  5. Kurtuluş
  6. Lider
  7. İscehisar
  8. Durum
  9. Türkeli
  10. Antalya
  11. Yerel Bakış
  12. Nazar
  13. Batman
  14. Batman Postası
  15. Batman Doğuş
  16. Bingöl Olay
  17. İrade
  18. İskenderun Olay
  19. Ekonomi
  20. Ege’de Son Söz
  21. Demokrat Gebze
  22. Kocaeli Manşet
  23. Bizim Kocaeli
  24. Haber Kütahya
  25. Gediz
  26. Zafer
  27. Hisar
  28. Turgutlu Havadis
  29. Milas Feza
  30. Türkiye’de Yeni Yıldız
  31. Hakikat
  32. Ajans 11
  33. Yeni Emek
  34. Banaz Postası
  35. Son Nokta
  36. Merkür Haber
  37. Millet
  38. Bugün
  39. Meydan
  40. Özgür Düşünce
  41. Taraf
  42. Yarına Bakış
  43. Yeni Hayat
  44. Zaman
  45. Today's Zaman

Closed in October 2016:[3]

  1. Özgür Gündem
  2. Azadiya Welat
  3. Batman Çağdaş
  4. Cizre Postası
  5. Güney Express
  6. İdil Haber
  7. Kızıltepe’nin Sesi
  8. Prestij Haber
  9. Urfanatik
  10. Yüksekova Haber

Magazines

The following magazines were shut down:

Closed in July 2016
  1. Akademik Araştırmalar
  2. Aksiyon
  3. Asya Pasifik
  4. Bisiklet Çocuk
  5. Diyalog Avrasya
  6. Ekolife
  7. Ekoloji
  8. Fountain
  9. Gonca
  10. Gül Yaprağı
  11. Nokta
  12. Sızıntı
  13. Turkish Left
  14. Yağmur
  15. Yeni Ümit
  16. Zirve

Closed in October 2016:[4]

  1. ' 'Tiroji
  2. Özgürlük Dünyası
  3. Evrensel Kültür

Publishers

The following publishers were shut down:

  1. Altınburç
  2. Burak Basın Yayın Dağıtım
  3. Define
  4. Dolunay Eğitim Yayın Dağıtım
  5. Giresun Basın Yayın Dağıtım
  6. Gonca
  7. Gülyurdu
  8. GYV
  9. Işık Akademi
  10. Işık Özel Eğitim
  11. İklim Basın Yayın Pazarlama
  12. Kaydırak
  13. Kaynak
  14. Kervan Basın Yayıncılık
  15. Kuşak
  16. Muştu
  17. Nil
  18. Rehber
  19. Sürat Basım Yayın Reklamcılık Eğitim Araçları
  20. Sütun
  21. Şahdamar
  22. Ufuk Basın Yayın Haber Ajans Pazarlama
  23. Ufuk
  24. Waşanxaneya Nil
  25. Yay Basın Dağıtım
  26. Yeni Akademi
  27. Yitik Hazine
  28. Zambak Basın Yayın Eğitim Turizm

TV stations

The following sixteen television stations were shut down:

  1. Barış TV
  2. Bugün TV
  3. Can Erzincan TV
  4. Dünya TV
  5. Hira TV
  6. Irmak TV
  7. Kanal 124
  8. Kanaltürk
  9. MC TV
  10. Mehtap TV
  11. Merkür TV
  12. Samanyolu Haber
  13. Samanyolu TV
  14. SRT TV
  15. Tuna Shopping TV
  16. Yumurcak TV

Radio stations

The following radio stations were shut down:

  1. Aksaray Mavi
  2. Aktüel
  3. Berfin
  4. Burç FM
  5. Dünya Radyo
  6. Esra
  7. Haber Radyo Ege
  8. Herkül
  9. Jest
  10. Kanaltürk Radyo
  11. Radyo 59
  12. Radyo Aile Rehberi
  13. Radyo Bamteli
  14. Radyo Cihan
  15. Radyo Fıkıh
  16. Radyo Küre
  17. Radyo Mehtap
  18. Radyo Nur
  19. Radyo Şemşik
  20. Samanyolu Haber Radyo
  21. Umut
  22. Yağmur

References
  1. Gareth Jones; Ercan Gürses (28 July 2016). "Turkey shuts scores of media outlets, sacks generals". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. https://europeanjournalists.org/wp-content/themes/efj/humans.txt (2016-10-30). "Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets". European Federation of Journalists. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  3. https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2016/10/30/turkish-government-shuts-down-15-kurdish-media-outlets/
  4. https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2016/10/30/turkish-government-shuts-down-15-kurdish-media-outlets/
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