BirGün (One Day) is an Istanbul-based Turkish left-wing daily.

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BirGün

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Publisher	Birgün Yayıncılık ve İletişim Tic. A.Ş.
Editor-in-chief	Berkant Gültekin, Can Uğur
Founded	14 April 2004 (2004-04-14)
Political alignment	Socialism Leftism Ecosocialism Secularism
Language	Turkish
Headquarters	Mecidiyeköy, Istanbul
Circulation	32,423 [1]
Website	www.birgun.net

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The paper was founded in 2004 by a group of Turkish intellectuals. The most important point of the newspaper is that it is not owned by any parent company or conglomerate.

Since its foundation, the newspaper had to face serious pressures from publishing trusts, mainly to affiliated with Doğan Media Group that owns the vast majority of the market. Whereas most of the newspapers in Turkey pay paper and publishing cost as installments, BirGün had to pay in cash. In order to afford the costs, the newspaper first launched a subscription campaign, then raised its price to 0.75 TL. The price was 1 TL in 2012 and 1,5 TL in Summer 2015 while also costs 40 kuruş (0,4 TL) on universities in Turkey.

Most of the BirGün columnists are members or sympathizers of the socialist Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP), which is a member of Party of the European Left and one of the founders of European Anti-Capitalist Left.

• Ataol Behramoğlu
• Korkut Boratav
• Şeyhmus Diken [tr]
• Hrant Dink
• Süreyya Evren
• Tarık Günersel [tr]
• Zeynep Kuray
• Sabri Kuşkonmaz
• Oğuzhan Müftüoğlu
• Sırrı Süreyya Önder
• Ece Temelkuran
• Merdan Yanardağ [tr]