Demirören News Agency (DHA; Turkish: Demirören Haber Ajansı) is a Turkish news agency which was founded in 1999. It is owned by the Demirören Group. It provides news in English, German and Chinese as well as Turkish.[1] In 2011 it had 41 offices in Turkey and 26 abroad.[2]
Formerly owned by the Doğan Media Group and called Doğan Haber Ajansı, DHA was known for its critical coverage of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[3] In March 2018, the parent company was sold to Demirören Group whose owner, Erdogan Demirören, is close to the Erdoğan government.[4]
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- ^ a b DHA, Künye
- ^ Esra Elmas, Dilek Kurban (2011), "Communicating Democracy -Democratizing Communication - Media in Turkey: Legislation, Policies, Actors", Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, p32
- ^ Kazim, Hasnain (2014). "Türkei: Erdogan bestätigt Echtheit von Telefonmitschnitten". DER SPIEGEL. Archived from the original on Mar 21, 2023.
- ^ "Turkey’s last big independent media firm is snapped up by a regime ally", The Economist. March 27, 2018.