Radikal is a daily Turkish language

Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

 newspaper, published in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

. It has been published since 1997 by Aydın Doğan

Aydin Dogan

Aydın Doğan is a Turkish entrepreneur and businessman.-Biography:Born in 1936 as a member of a well-known family in Kelkit, Aydin Dogan got his elementary and secondary school education in Kelkit and finished high-school in Erzincan...

's Doğan Media Group (Doğan Medya Grubu).

Radikal does not endorse a particular political alignment but it is generally considered by the public as a social liberal newspaper. It is praised for its culture, arts, and interview sections, as well as columnists such as M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Hakkı Devrim, Yıldırım Türker, Türker Alkan, Altan Öymen

Altan Öymen

Altan Öymen is a Turkish journalist, author and former politician.-Biography:He graduated from the School of Political Science of Ankara University. He began his journalist career already in 1950 at age of 18, and worked as reporter, columnist and editor-in-chief long time for the major newspapers...

, Nuray Mert. Hasan Celal Güzel, former minister of education, Murat Yetkin, and Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol

-Early life and education:Akyol was born to renowned right-wing journalist Taha Akyol and received his early education in Ankara. He later graduated from the Istanbul Nişantaşı Anadolu Lisesi and the International Relations Department of Boğaziçi University...

, son of Taha Akyol, also write for Radikal.

In 2007, Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk

Ferit Orhan Pamuk , generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist. He is also the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches comparative literature and writing....

 and Sezen Aksu

Sezen Aksu

Sezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....

 became Radikal's temporary editors-in-chief on January 9 and 14, respectively.

Despite having a circulation of around 50,000, it has a lot of public influence, guiding the main agenda of Turkey.

Other magazines with the same title

Radikal was also the name of a German anarchist magazine, which appears to be defunct.

Sections

Radikal has the following sections, among others:

• Türkiye - usually with domestic news
• Yaşam (Life) - usually with health and entertainment articles from Turkey and the world
• Politika - with political news, focusing on domestic
• Dış Haberler - with foreign news
• Yorum - opinion pieces, editorials
• Ekonomi - economic news
• Spor - sports news
• Kültür/Sanat - with cultural and art news

The paper also publishes three supplements:

• Kitap (Book) - weekly book reviews, out on Fridays
• Cumartesi (Saturday) - usually with weekend entertainment and news, out on Saturdays
• Radikal 2 - op-eds, mostly on social-democracy or current political issues, out on Sundays
• Genc (Youth) - op-eds submitted by college students, out every other Tuesday.

Radikal publishes an online edition with the printed articles, updated daily.
The online edition also includes Sıcak Haber, a section of breaking news.

External links

• Radikal official site
• Radikal news Turkish