# Claim 535

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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-turkiye-dogan-sells-to-demiroren)
- Source: Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 19, 2018. https://cpj.org/2018/03/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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/535. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.