Magyar Demokrata

Magyar Demokrata (Hungarian: Hungarian Democrat)[1] is a weekly political magazine published in Budapest, Hungary. It has been in circulation since 1997.

Not to be confused with Hungarian Democratic Forum.

Magyar Demokrata
EditorAndrás Bencsik
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Publisherartamondo kft.
Founded1997
CountryHungary
Based inBudapest
LanguageHungarian
Websitewww.demokrata.hu
ISSN1417-6432
OCLC40822619

History and profile

Magyar Demokrata was launched in 1997.[2] It is published by artamondo kft on a weekly basis and has its headquarters in Budapest.[2][3] The magazine has a right wing conservative political leaning and is run by András Bencsik who is its editor.[4][5]

The weekly is described by Krisztián Ungváry as a far-right publication[6] and by János Salamon as a neo-Nazi or neo-Arrow Cross magazine.[7] The magazine is also regarded as part of conservative media which appeared in the country in 2010.[8]

Magyar Demokrata, a social-criticism and cultural magazine, features anti-Israel, anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi articles, according to the Heinrich Böll Stiftung and the United States Department of State.[1][9][10] However, the weekly claims that anti-Semitism does not exist in Hungary and that it is “a political weapon used by liberals and leftists."[11]

Péter Csermely is one of the former editors of Magyar Demokrata.[12]

In 2016 Magyar Demokrata sold 19,000 copies.[2]

See also

References
  1. Understanding Hungary Heinrich Böll Stiftung. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. "Magyar Demokrata". Eurotopics. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. Hungary Worldpress. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  4. Hungary's Echo TV Cancels Right-Wing Presenters' TV Show XpatLoop. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  5. Magyar Demokrata Budapost. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  6. Krisztián Ungváry. (5 February 2012). Turanism: The ‘new’ ideology of the far right The Budapest Times. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  7. "Does a civil-war mentality exist in Hungary?". Eurozine. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  8. Daiva Repeckaite. "Independent Journalism under Increasing Threat in Hungary". Equal Times. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  9. Paul Lendvai (2012). Hungary: Between Democracy and Authoritarianism. London: Hurst & Company. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-84904-196-6.
  10. "2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Hungary". United States Department of State. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  11. László Molnár (1 November 2010). "Anti-Semitism in Hungary". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  12. Randolph L. Braham. "Assault on Historical Memory: Hungarian Nationalists and the Holocaust" (PDF). USHMM. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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