Government-friendly media outlets predominate. Only a few publications with low circulations feature critical viewpoints in the media.
Despite audiences shifting to online content, television is still the most popular news medium. Official declarations and live speeches by President Erdogan are common elements of coverage.
The main minority language, Kurmanji Kurdish, is one of the many languages that the state broadcaster TRT broadcasts in.
The largest media company is Demiroren, which supports the government and owns CNN Turk and Kanal D TVs in addition to the well-known Hurriyet and Posta newspapers.
Police raids, tax fines, and other hostile actions are possible for critical media outlets. The majority of journalists detained are accused of supporting or propagandizing for organizations deemed terrorist organizations.
Journalists for Kurdish media are frequently arrested and imprisoned. It is unlawful to "insult the president.".
Courts frequently impose website bans or block particular pages, as well as content deemed to be associated with terrorism and opposition news sources.
By July 2022, 84 percent of the population, or 72.5 million people, were online. Social media, which offers competing viewpoints to pro-government TVs, is used by about 75% of Turks. Independent and pro-opposition voices frequently turn to them to share news and opinion because the mainstream media is largely off-limits to them.
A law enacted in 2020 gives the government broad authority to control social media content. It requires big platforms to keep user data in Turkey and designate a local agent to handle requests for content removal.
- Hurriyet is a pro-government newspaper.
- The English-language version of Hurriyet is called Hurriyet Daily News.
- Nationalist, secularist daily Sozcu.
- a pro-government daily called Milliyet.
- Daily with a nationalist slant, Cumhuriyet.
- Sabah is a pro-government newspaper.
- Daily Sabah - a newspaper in English.
- Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), a state-run broadcaster, runs a number of networks, including the global TRT World.
- Star TV—Private.
- Private show TV.
- Private Kanal D.
- Private ATV use.
- Private on Fox.
- News and private NTV.
- Private, news CNN Turk.
- Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) is a state-run broadcaster; among its networks are the speech-based TRT Radio 1 and the news programs TRT Radio Haber and TRT Radio Kurdi.
- Privately display Radyo.
- NTV Radio – private.
- news website Ensonhaber.
- The news website T24.
- news website on the internet.
- English pages on the news website Bianet.
