Aksiyon

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox magazine | editor = Idris Gürsoy | frequency = Weekly |total_circulation = 40,000<ref name=Feza/> |circulation_year = 2009 | company = Feza Publications | firstdate = 14 December 1994<ref name=Feza>Feza Publications, [http://ik.zaman.com.tr/ik/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=29377 Aksiyon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212403/http://ik.zaman.com.tr/ik/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=29377|date=3 March 2016}}</ref> | country = Turkey | language = Turkish | website = {{URL|http://www.aksiyon.com.tr}}{{dead link|date=October 2016}} | issn = 1300-8323 | oclc = 35108061 }}

'''''Aksiyon''''' ({{langx|en|Action|italic=yes}}) was a Turkish news magazine. The magazine was close to the Gülen movement.<ref>{{cite web|author=Günter Seufert|title=Is the Fethullah Gülen Movement Overstretching Itself?|url=https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/research_papers/2014_RP02_srt.pdf|publisher=Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik|accessdate=2 August 2016|format=Research Paper|date=January 2014}}</ref> It was established by Feza Publications in 1994. In 2008 it was described by its ''Today's Zaman'' sister newspaper as "the most widely read Turkish weekly magazine" (its nearly 40,000 circulation accounted for over half the weekly news magazine market).<ref name=TZ2008>''Today's Zaman'', 21 December 2008, [http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=161850 Turkish news weekly Aksiyon celebrates 15th year] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005408/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=161850|date=5 March 2016}}</ref> Its circulation had increased from around 15,000 in 2001.<ref name=TZ2008/> It broke some major stories including (May 1996) a secret military agreement between Turkey and Israel; and comments by Major Şefik Soyuyüce admitting the use of students to create a crisis in preparation for the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.<ref name=TZ2008/>

The magazine was shut down by the Turkish government due to alleged links to the Gülen movement after the 2016 Turkish coup attempt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taraf ve Zaman gazetesi OHAL kararı ile kapatıldı; işte kapatılan radyolar, dergiler, gazeteler ve televizyonlar |url=https://t24.com.tr/haber/taraf-ve-zaman-gazetesi-ohal-karari-ile-kapatildi-iste-kapatilan-radyolar-dergiler-gazeteler-ve-televizyonlar,352217 |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=T24 |language=Turkish}}</ref>

Past editors of ''Aksiyon'' were İbrahim Karayeğen (2002–2004), Mehmet Yılmaz (2004–2008), Bülent Korucu (from 2008), and the last editor Idris Gursoy (2016).<ref name=TZ2008/> Contributors included İdris Gürsoy<ref>Today's Zaman, 18 February 2013, [http://www.todayszaman.com/news-307410-journalist-gursoy-seeks-to-shed-light-on-ozals-death-assassination-attempt-in-new-book.html Journalist Gürsoy seeks to shed light on Özal's death, assassination attempt in new book] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318230849/http://todayszaman.com/news-307410-journalist-gursoy-seeks-to-shed-light-on-ozals-death-assassination-attempt-in-new-book.html|date=18 March 2013}}</ref> and Zafer Özcan.<ref>''Today's Zaman'' 10 June 2012, [http://www.todayszaman.com/news-283049-journalist-explores-turks-50-year-european-experience.html Journalist explores Turks’ 50 year European experience] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110192216/http://todayszaman.com/news-283049-journalist-explores-turks-50-year-european-experience.html|date=10 November 2012}}</ref>

The magazine was a member of BPA Worldwide.<ref>''Aksiyon'', [http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/constantHtmlModuleAction_getHtmlModule.action?sectionId=289 KÜNYE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808063326/http://aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/constantHtmlModuleAction_getHtmlModule.action?sectionId=289 |date=8 August 2013}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://www.aksiyon.com.tr/ Official Site]

{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aksiyon}} Category:1994 establishments in Turkey Category:2016 disestablishments in Turkey Category:Defunct political magazines published in Turkey Category:Companies formerly affiliated with the Gülen movement Category:magazines disestablished in 2016 Category:magazines established in 1994 Category:magazines published in Istanbul Category:mass media shut down in the 2016 Turkish purges Category:Turkish-language magazines Category:weekly news magazines published in Turkey Category:Banned magazines

Category:Human rights abuses in Turkey Category:Gülen movement Category:Freedom of the press