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Read today Taraf Turkish ePaper published from Istanbul, Turkey

Taraf Newspaper Information

Taraf ("Side" in Turkish) is an independent newspaper in Turkey. It has distinguished itself by opposing the interference by the Turkish military in the country's social and political affairs. It is distributed nationwide, and has been in circulation since November 15th, 2007.

Taraf has published a series of highly-controversial stories that revealed the involvement of the Turkish military in daily political affairs. The revealed documents, such as coup plans that involved the bombing of historical mosques in Turkey, significantly damaged the social image of the Turkish military. The sources that leaked such critical insider information to Taraf are still unknown.