Agos
Sign in to saveAgos (in Armenian: Ակօս, "furrow") is a bilingual weekly newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey, established on 25 February 1996 by Hrant Dink, Luiz Bakar, Harutyun Şeşetyan, and Anna Turay.
Key facts
- Newspaper.name
- Agos Ակօս
- Newspaper.image
- Agos-newspaper-2013-01-18.jpg
- Newspaper.caption
- Cover of Agos on 18 January 2013 carrying the photo of its assassinated editor in chief Hrant Dink
- Newspaper.type
- Weekly newspaper
- Newspaper.format
- Berliner
- Newspaper.founder
- Hrant Dink
- Newspaper.chief_editor
- Hrant Dink (1996–2007) Etyen Mahçupyan (2007–2010) Rober Koptaş (2010–2015) Yetvart Danzikyan (2015–present)
- Newspaper.founded
- 1996
- Newspaper.political_position
- Neutral
- Newspaper.language
- Turkish and Armenian (print and online edition) English (online edition)
- Newspaper.headquarters
- Istanbul, Turkey
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.agos.com.tr
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- inception
- 1996-00-00
- title
- Ակօս
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Historical background, pre-1996
- Founding years, 1996 to 2007
- After assassination, 2007 to present
- Governance
- Editors-In-Chief
- Finances & Reach
- Financially Independent
- Foundation Process
- Reached Numbers
- Discourse of the Newspaper
- Main Subjects
- Cultural Significance
- Contemporary Discussion
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Agos (in Armenian: Ակօս, "furrow") is a bilingual weekly newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey, established on 25 February 1996 by Hrant Dink, Luiz Bakar, Harutyun Şeşetyan, and Anna Turay.
Agos has both Armenian and Turkish pages as well as an online English edition and sells about 3.000 physical copies every week. The newspaper is financially fully independent and aims to tackle problems regarding the Armenian community within Turkey, but also Turkey's internal matters regarding politics, society, culture, minority rights, human rights, and more.