Evrensel

{{short description|Turkish daily newspaper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Evrensel | logo = | image = | caption = | type = [[Daily newspaper]] | format = | owners = Kürşat Yılmaz | founder = | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = {{start date and age|1995|06|07|df=y}} | political_position = [[Socialism]]<br />[[Left-wing politics|Leftism]]<br/ >[[Secularism]] | language = [[Turkish language|Turkish]] | ceased_publication = | relaunched = | headquarters = [[Şirinevler]], [[Istanbul]], Turkey | circulation = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | oclc = | website = {{URL|https://www.evrensel.net/|evrensel.net}} | free = | seniorstaff = }}

'''''Evrensel''''' ({{langx|en|Universal}}) is a Turkish [[daily newspaper]].<ref name="Bose-et-al" />

==History and profile== ''Evrensel'' was founded on 7 June 1995. The issues captured and written are from a socialist perspective.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evrensel (Istanbul) |url=https://www.courrierinternational.com/notule-source/evrensel-istanbul |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Courrier international |language=fr}}</ref> The paper is different from other Turkish newspapers in that it presents an in-depth research into issues surrounding the workers unions.<ref name="Bose-et-al">{{cite report|last1=Böse|first1=Martina |last2=Haberfellner|first2=Regina |last3=Koldas|first3=Ayhan |year=2001|title=Mapping Minorities and their Media: The National Context – Austria|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EMTEL/Minorities/papers/austriareport.pdf|publisher=[[Centre for Social Innovation]]|access-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030412235229/http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EMTEL/Minorities/papers/austriareport.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, newspaper started an English version of news.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evrensel Newspaper|url=https://hrantdink.org/en/host-organisations-2020-21/2244-evrensel-newspaper|website=hrantdink.org|publisher=[[Hrant Dink Foundation]]|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref>

=== Ban on public advertisements === In 2019, Turkey's Press Advertisement Agency (BİK) imposed a suspension on Evrensel newspaper, blocking its access to government advertisements.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IPI-Admin |date=2020-06-23 |title=IPI condemns record ad ban on Turkey’s Evrensel newspaper |url=https://ipi.media/ipi-condemns-record-ad-ban-on-turkeys-evrensel-newspaper/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=ipi.media |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Safety Of Journalists |url=https://fom.coe.int/en/alerte/detail/58968271 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=fom.coe.int}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=English |first=Duvar |date=2020-11-02 |title=Evrensel daily punished for criticizing the Press Advertisement Agency |url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/media/2020/02/11/evrensel-daily-punished-for-criticizing-the-press-advertisement-agency |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Duvar |language=tr-TR}}</ref>

In August 2022, Turkish authorities permanently revoked the ''Evrensel'' daily's license to publish public advertisements, a vital revenue source for many newspapers. The cancellation, imposed by [[Press Advertisement Institution|Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency]] (BİK), was based on allegations of "bulk buying" of newspapers in several provinces. Specifically, it was reported that 13 provincial and district organizations of the [[Labour Party (Turkey)|Labor Party]] (EMEP) collectively purchased 650 copies of ''Evrensel'', and that a small number of individuals were purchasing multiple copies from dealers in [[Istanbul|İstanbul]], [[Ankara]], [[İzmir]], and [[Kocaeli Province|Kocaeli]] provinces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Minute |first=Turkish |date=2022-08-23 |title=Turkish authorities permanently ban Evrensel daily from publishing public ads |url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2022/08/23/evrensel-daily-from-publishing-public-ads/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Turkish Minute |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Evrensel newspaper loses the 'official announcements' legal case |url=https://bianet.org/haber/evrensel-newspaper-loses-the-official-announcements-legal-case-291090 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=bianet.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=IPI-Admin |date=2022-08-26 |title=Turkey: International groups call to restore Evrensel’s right to receive public ads |url=https://ipi.media/turkey-international-groups-call-to-restore-evrensels-right-to-receive-public-ads/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=ipi.media |language=en-US}}</ref>

This decision followed a previous ban on public ads that had been in place since September 2019, also based on similar accusations. Fatih Polat, the editor-in-chief of ''Evrensel'', criticized the move, calling it a “political operation aimed at silencing” the newspaper. The Broadcasting and Printer Workers Union (DİSK BASIN-İŞ) also condemned the ban, describing BİK as a tool for economic control by the government.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Earlier, in August 2022, [[Constitutional Court of Turkey|Turkey's Constitutional Court]] ruled that advertising bans imposed on ''BirGün'', ''Sözcü'', ''Cumhuriyet'', and ''Evrensel'', all critical of the ruling [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]], violated their rights to [[Freedom of speech|free speech]] and [[Freedom of the press|press freedom]]. The court ordered a reevaluation of the decisions and awarded the newspapers damages.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

International press freedom organizations have called for Turkey to restore ''Evrensel''<nowiki/>'s right to receive public advertisements.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IPI-Admin |date=2022-08-26 |title=Turkey: International groups call to restore Evrensel’s right to receive public ads |url=https://ipi.media/turkey-international-groups-call-to-restore-evrensels-right-to-receive-public-ads/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=ipi.media |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Luque |first=Javier |title=Turkey: International groups call to restore Evrensel’s right to receive public ads |url=https://freeturkeyjournalists.ipi.media/turkey-international-groups-call-to-restore-evrensels-right-to-receive-public-ads/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Free Turkey Journalists |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Incidents== [[Metin Göktepe]], the 27-year-old journalist whose death in police custody in 1996 caused public protests and outcry, was on duty as a reporter for ''Evrensel'' on the day of his detention and murder.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Woodhull|editor-first1=Nancy J.|editor-last2=Snyder|editor-first2=Robert W.|year=2018|orig-date=1996|chapter=Preface|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0laDwAAQBAJ&dq=Metin+G%C3%B6ktepe+Evrensel&pg=PT112|title=Journalists in Peril|location=London; New York|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-51054-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Basın Almanağı 2017: Press Almanac 2017 in Turkey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNxGEAAAQBAJ&dq=Metin+G%C3%B6ktepe+Evrensel&pg=PA12|language=tr|location=Istanbul, Turkey|publisher=DİSK Basın-İş|page=12}}</ref>

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