Türkiye news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 6 major Türkiye news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language. Or jump straight to a curated comparison by political leaning.
The Türkiye media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Türkiye's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. The 6 titles tracked here span the spectrum — 2 we place on the left, 2 near the centre and 2 on the right — so a comparison can genuinely cross editorial lines rather than sampling one side twice.
By kind of outlet, the 6 titles break down as 6 daily newspapers (see all daily newspapers worldwide). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Türkiye, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Türkiye sits in Türkiye, Iran and Iraq, on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub. By outlets tracked it is 1st of the 3 countries in Türkiye, Iran and Iraq and 4th of the 20 across the Middle East and North Africa, where the average is 5 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Türkiye, Iran and Iraq with hubs of their own are Iraq (6) and Iran (5).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Türkiye's main news outlets?
Across Türkiye's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, Cumhuriyet and Sözcü; near the center, Hürriyet and Hürriyet Daily News; on the right, Daily Sabah and Yeni Şafak. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Hürriyet is one of Turkey's largest and most widely read daily newspapers, published in Turkish from Istanbul. It covers national and international news, politics, economy, and sports for a mass readership and maintains print and digital editions. It is one of the country's most established mainstream press titles.
Cumhuriyet is one of Turkey's oldest daily newspapers, published in Turkish from Istanbul. It covers national and international news, politics, and culture and is known for a secularist, Kemalist editorial tradition that is often critical of the government. It maintains print and digital editions and is regarded as a prominent independent press title.
Daily Sabah is an English-language daily newspaper in Türkiye, part of the Turkuvaz Media Group. It covers Turkish politics, economy, and foreign affairs, and is widely regarded as supportive of the government and the ruling party. The paper serves English-reading audiences interested in Turkish and regional news.
Hürriyet Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Türkiye and one of the country's oldest English-language titles. It covers Turkish politics, economy, culture, and regional affairs for domestic and international readers. The paper is part of the Demirören Media Group and serves as a long-standing English-language source on Turkey.
Sözcü is one of Türkiye's best-selling dailies, founded in 2007 and owned by businessman Burak Akbay. Firmly secularist and Kemalist, it is the most consistently oppositional mass-market paper, sharply critical of President Erdoğan's government, and is generally characterized as nationalist and centre-left, giving voice to Türkiye's secular opposition electorate.
Yeni Şafak is an Istanbul daily founded in 1994 and owned by Albayrak Media, part of a conglomerate with close ties to the governing AK Party. It is consistently characterized as conservative and Islamist, strongly supportive of President Erdoğan, and stands among the most widely read pro-government newspapers in Türkiye.
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