As the process of acceding Turkey to the EU continues, a third locally-published English language newspaper joins the voices speaking out from Turkey. On Tuesday the first edition of Today's Zaman launched, following a high profile launch event attended by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as well as a number of international attendees including US Ambassador to Turkey, Ross Wilson.
The new paper aims to act as a media representative for Turkey to the rest of the world, as well as providing quality worldwide and national news reporting and articles relevant to all English-speakers with an interest in Turkey, as well as fulfilling the normal functions of a daily newspaper for English-speaking Turkish residents - including cartoons, TV listings and a cryptic crossword!
The current edition has some articles of particular interest to foreigners who own property in Turkey, including Don't forget to declare rental income, Tax avoidance and real estate transactions, and one for those who are considering it, Ready to build but where?.
So this is the third... what are the first two?
You may be wondering which the two other Turkish papers printed in English are... Well, so am I! Today's Zaman is the first I've seen in print; however there are several papers with good online versions, particularly Hurriyet and Turkey Post.
For a comprehensive list of papers from Turkey published online, including in English, this is a good resource: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/turkey.htm
To see Today's Zaman online, click here: http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/
Hurriyet in English: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/
Turkey Post in English: http://wn.com/s/turkeypost/index.html
