Turkey’s Most Trusted News Sources Announced

Published annually by the Reuters Institute for Journalism Studies. Digital News Report The 2023 issue is out. In the report, it became clear where the citizens of Turkey mostly follow the news and which sources they trust the most.

The Turkey-specific page of the report also mentioned the recent access barriers. Access barriers applied to Twitter and Ekşi Sözlük were reminded, independence of all news organizations There was also a surprising amount of information about him.

According to the report, 90% of news organizations in Turkey are under government control:

According to the Reporters Without Borders report, sourced by Reuters 90% of the national media in Turkey under government control. According to the report, this rate encouraged citizens to turn to independent media outlets.

The news in Turkey is mostly followed on social media!

According to the Reuters report, news in Turkey is mostly followed on social media platforms. of users 45% YouTube, 40% Instagram, 33% Facebook, 26% Twitter and 28% WhatsApp the most as news source prefers.

Looking at the general picture, online resources, including social media platforms, Most used news source with 75% looks like. On the other hand, this rate has decreased significantly since 2015, especially in the last year.

Platforms with the most news feeds:

• Online (including Social media platforms) – 75%
• Social media only – 56%
• Television – 54%
• Print media – 21%

Most followed sources in television, radio and print (% weekly usage)

• Fox TV News – 51%
• Show TV – 27%
• CNN Turk – 27%
• ATV News – 26%
• Kanal D News – 26%
• Spokesperson – 25%
• Haberturk TV – 24%
• TRT News – 24%
• Star TV – 22%
• Public TV – 22%
• NTV – 21%
• Freedom – 20%
• Morning – 20%
• A News – 19%
• Republic – 16%
• Nationality – 15%

Online resources (% weekly usage)

• Sondakika.com – 29%
• Fox TV News – 29%
• Spokesperson – 21%
• Mynet – 19%
• Haberturk – 19%
• Haberler.com – 18%
• HalkTV – 17%
• CNN Turk – 17%
• Internethaber.com – 17%
• Hürriyet – 16%
• TRT News – 16%
• Ensonhaber.com – 15%
• ATV News – 14%
• NTV – 14%
• Kanal D News – 14%
• Nationality – 13%

Most trusted news sources (% confidence):

• Fox TV – 58%
• Republic – 51%
• Public TV – 49%
• CNN Turk – 49%
• NTV – 49%
• Haberturk – 48%
• Spokesperson – 48%
• TRT – 48%
• A News – 46%
• Channel D – 41%
• Hürriyet – 40%
• Show TV – 39%
• Nationality – 39%
• ATV – 37%
• Morning – 37%

Turkey ranked 28th among 46 markets with an average trust rate of 35% in news sources.