T24 (newspaper)

T24 is a Turkish online newspaper.

T24
Bağımsız İnternet Gazetesi
(Independent Internet Newspaper)
Typeonline newspaper
Owner(s)Tempo24 Basın Yayın Prodüksiyon Ltd. Şti.
Editor-in-chiefDoğan Akın (2009–)[1]
FoundedSeptember 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)
Political alignmentPolitical Neutrality (self-proclaimed),[2][3] Liberalism (3rd-party review)[4]
LanguageTurkish
HeadquartersIstanbul
Websitet24.com.tr

History

T24 was launched on 1 September 2009.[1] Initial staff of T24 were consisting of former Tempo24 employees.[1]

On 29 December 2012, T24 started their YouTube channel and uploaded their first video on 12 April 2013. In 2013, author and columnist Hasan Cemal joined T24.[5] In September 2013, T24 announced "T24 Okur Fonu" their crowdfunding venture that planned to collect funds from its readers.[6][7] In September 2013, led by Hasan Cemal, Doğan Akın, Yavuz Baydar, Yasemin Çongar, Andrew Finkel, Hazal Özvarış and Murat Sabuncu, T24 staff established Punto24, a self-proclaimed "independent press platform".[8]

On 14 January 2015, T24 published an entire instalment of Charlie Hebdo, which included cartoons depicting Muhammad the Prophet, following 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting.[9] In February 2015, T24 started their online literary criticism initiative Kitap Kültür Kritik 24 (K24).[10][11] Between 30 October and 13 November 2015, Nazlı Ilıcak published her columns as a "guest columnist" at T24.[12][13]

In March 2016, columnist and literary critic Murat Belge joined T24.[14]

Following his departure from Doğan Media Group in September 2018, Mehmet Y. Yılmaz joined T24.[15] On 19 October 2018, T24 announced the arrival of Yılmaz.[16] On 23 October 2018, following the cancellation of her contract with CNN Türk co-administrator Şirin Payzın joined T24.[17] On 25 November 2018, a new periodical feature was introduced, "Şirin Payzın'la Ne Oluyor?", hosted by Şirin Payzın, which was begun to be aired on YouTube channel of T24.[18] On 17 December 2018, T24 publicised their weekly electronic outlook T24 Pazar, which is to be online-published every Sunday.[19]

In 2020, Doğan Akın, one of the founders of website and chief editor was put on a trial due to an allegation of "Support to a Terrorist Organization without having affiliation", as reporting the news based on tweets posted by Fuat Avni, an anonymous Tweeter account, which caused number of detentions of alleged persons affiliated FETÖ (formerly referred as "Gülen Movement" until colloquially known 17-25 December Operations taken place).[20] The case was settled as Akın was acquitted of accusation, on 2 July 2020.[21][22]

On 17 May 2020, T24 announced the arrival of senior journalist and politician and writer Altan Öymen.[23]

Controversies

In June 2013, T24 columnist Alper Görmüş, who formerly worked at Nokta, Taraf and Yeni Aktüel, accused the Gezi Park protestors of being "pro-coup d'état" in his T24 column.[24][25]

Chief editor Doğan Akın, a former Doğan Media Group employee before joining T24, was accused by Zekeriya Say in 2019, a columnist at Yeni Akit newspaper, of maintaining conflict of interest due to his allegedly neutrality-periling relations with 3rd parties, alleged misuse of his connections in order to obtain funding for the newspaper.[26]

Despite its claims of political neutrality, T24 was labelled as a left-liberal media outlet, by Nihat Genç.[27]

References
  1. "T24 internette yayına başladı" (in Turkish). Radikal. 1 September 2009. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2020. ağımsız internet gazetesi T24; bugün yayına başladı. Hiçbir kurum, örgüt ve kişiyle doğrudan ya da dolaylı bir bağlantısı bulunmayan T24, kısa bir süre yayında kalmasına rağmen Türkiye gündemini etkileyen dosyalar yayımlayan Tempo24'ü hazırlayan gazeteciler tarafından yayına sokuluyor.
  2. "Hakkında" (in Turkish). T24. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. "T24 9 yaşında; işte geldik gitmiyoruz!" (in Turkish). T24. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. "T24 Website" (in Turkish). Eurotopics . Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. "Hasan Cemal kimdir? Nereli ve kaç yaşında? İşte ünlü yazar hakkında merak edilenler…" (in Turkish). Sözcü. 6 August 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. "T24 Okur Fonu'na katılarak bağımsız gazeteciliğe destek verin" (in Turkish). T24. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  7. "Kitlesel fonlama (crowdfunding) nedir? Gazeteciliği kurtarır mı?" (in Turkish). journo.com.tr. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  8. "Punto24: Bağımsız Gazetecilik Platformu kuruldu" (in Turkish). T24. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. "T24 Charlie Hebdo'nun son sayısının tümünü yayımladı" (in Turkish). BBC Turkish. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. "T24'ün online kitap kritik dergisi K24 yayına başlıyor…" (in Turkish). platform24.org. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  11. "K24, 2016 Bobs Ödülleri finalinde..." (in Turkish). T24. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  12. "Gazeteci Nazlı Ilıcak kimdir?" (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  13. "Nazlı Ilıcak kimdir? Ağırlaştırılmış müebbet hapsi istendi" (in Turkish). Sözcü. 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020. Bugün gazetesine 26 Ekim 2015'te kayyum atanmasıyla buradaki işine son verildi. Ardından 30 Ekim – 13 Kasım tarihleri arasında 'konuk yazar' sıfatıyla T24 gazetesinde yazdı.
  14. "Murat Belge'nin yeni adresi neresi" (in Turkish). OdaTV. 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  15. "Mehmet Y. Yılmaz, Hürriyet'e veda etti" (in Turkish). T24. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  16. "Mehmet Y. Yılmaz, yazılarıyla T24'te" (in Turkish). T24. 19 October 2018. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  17. "Şirin Payzın T24'te" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  18. "'Şirin Payzın'la Ne Oluyor?' T24'te başlıyor" (in Turkish). T24. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  19. "T24 Pazar yayında!" (in Turkish). T24. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  20. "Fuat Avni tweetlerinden yargılanan T24 Genel Yayın Yönetmeni Doğan Akın: Cemaat dosyalarını baskılara aldırmadan yayımladık" (in Turkish). T24. 19 February 2020. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  21. "T24'e 'Fuat Avni' davasında beraat kararı verildi" (in Turkish). BirGün. 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  22. "Fuat Avni haberleri nedeniyle yargılanan Gazeteci Doğan Akın beraat etti" (in Turkish). Evrensel. 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  23. "Altan Öymen yazılarıyla T24'te" (in Turkish). T24. 17 May 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  24. Alper Görmüş (24 June 2013). "Selden geriye kalacak kum: Yoğunlaşmış laik nihilizm!" (in Turkish). T24. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  25. "Alper Görmüş Gezi direnişçilerine "darbeci" dedi" (in Turkish). OdaTV. 25 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020. T24 internet haber sitesinde yazan Alper Görmüş köşesinde Gezi eylemlerini konu aldı. Gezi'nin iki farklı ruhu olduğunu belirten Görmüş, Gezi eylemcilerinin darbeci olduğunu da yazdı. "Türkiye'yi sarsan 20 gün ve onu izleyen 'düşük yoğunluklu direniş'in geride nasıl bir tortu bırakacağı sorusunu, bence, bu 20 güne damgasını vuran iki sosyoloji temelinde cevaplandırmalıyız." diyen görmüş, bu iki sosyolojiyi şöyle açıkladı: "Bu sosyolojilerden birincisini Gezi ruhunu temsil eden yeni nesil, ikincisini ise demokrasisiz bir laik diktatörlük peşinde koşan ulusalcılık oluşturuyor."
  26. "Değirmenin suyu nereden geliyor, T24?" (in Turkish). Yeni Akit. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  27. Genç, Nihat (21 February 2020). "Soner Yalçın kimin kavalı?" (in Turkish). veryansintv.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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