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Precedent cited for what the new sale would mean editorially.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Precedent cited for what the new sale would mean editorially.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Earlier Demiroren purchases turned pro-government
About: incident 2018-turkiye-dogan-sells-to-demiroren
Source: Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 19, 2018
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2018-03-28

Quotation from the source

when Demirören previously acquired dailies Milliyet and Vatan from Doğan in 2011, their editorial lines became strictly pro-government