Ege Telegram, Turkey’s only evening newspaper published for 49 years, has been reaching its readers through dealers during the day since 2008.. Continuing its publication life since 1960, the newspaper is currently achieving “journalism” success with its young and dynamic staff. Ege Telegraf, the first evening newspaper published in Izmir, attracted the attention of the readers by publishing mostly current news and news that will make headlines in local newspapers the next day.. Even though it has a limited circulation, Ege Telegraf, which does not compromise on its regular broadcasting life, has managed to reach hard-to-break sales records in the days when the agenda changes from time to time and the national lottery draws.
Establishment period
Lütfü Aksungur, Nedim Çapman, Cezmi Zallak, Cahit Gökçek, Aslan Tufan Yazman, Cevat Ziya, in the preparation of the first and other issues of Ege Telegram, which was decided to be published as an evening newspaper on August 10, 1960. Journalists such as Maruflu, Kazım Yenice, Nejat Yada, Haluk Narbay and Hasan Soysal helped. However, the main engine of Ege Telegraph has always been Sezer Doğan.. The newspaper, of which Nedim Çapman was the editor-in-chief, became a hit with the special issue of the Fair, which was published on 20 August 1960. The special issue of 16 thousand copies, in which Safa Poyraz’s interview with Burhanettin Uluç, who was appointed to the Governor and Mayor of İzmir, where he was the Governor and Mayor for a short time, was published privately, was sold out within a few hours at the fair gates.
Aegean Telegraph, in other words, carries the title of being the first newspaper sold at the fair gate.. Other Aegean newspapers were also influenced by Ege Telgraf’s sales style and brought their early editions to the fair. The title and layout, the managerial skills of Süha Tekil and Gürbüz Kipkurt, and the special advertisements they found, turned Ege Telegraph into a sought-after newspaper, which everyone calls “evening runner”. Newspaper owners, who moved their headquarters to a two-storey building opposite the Passport Ferry Terminal, bought Martı Dönercisi, located at the entrance of Ege Telegraf, which was having a hard time, and turned it into one of the most famous doner kebab places in İzmir.. Ege Telegram’s daily financier was Martı Dönercisi, which was well managed and operated. When he went to Samsun, he announced to Ege Telegraph for the first time that he would create a structure similar to Kültürpark in İzmir.. Many newspapers and radios, including Anadolu Agency, published the news that Samsun Fair will be established, citing Ege Telegraf as their source. With the increase in technological opportunities and the changing journalism understanding, in parallel with the decrease in the number of readers day by day, like all other newspapers, it moved away from its old bright days.. Despite the increasing economic problems in the 90s and its shareholders selling their shares, Ege Telegraph, which did not compromise on its impartial broadcasting and successful journalism, carried its stability and reputation on Sezer Doğan’s shoulders.
We said goodbye to Sezer Doğan
In 2004, the death of Sezer Doğan, Editor-in-Chief of Ege Telegraf, Turkey’s oldest and the only newspaper published in the evenings, died in the hospital where he was being treated due to a heart attack.. The newspaper, which was taken over by the deceased Sezer Doğan’s wife Nurten Doğan and her daughter Aylin Suphandağlı, first started to publish in accordance with the legacy it took over, preserving its current structure, without compromising its line.
Rejuvenating staff
In line with the developing and changing journalism approach, Ege Telegraph, which has changed from the evening newspaper format in 2008 to the daytime format, reaching its readers every day in Izmir and regional newsstands, has managed to attract the attention of the whole city with its staff renewal in 2011.. The newspaper, which has made its difference once again in a short time with a communication faculty graduate, young staff and an exciting journalism approach, continues to make news that are discussed in many television programs, internet sites and İzmir public.
Social projects
Newspaper employees, who come together regularly, realize different projects with an understanding that is open to innovations in an environment where everyone can freely express their ideas, regardless of rank and hierarchy.. The organ donation campaign, which was carried out by the newspaper employees in cooperation with the Ege University Organ Transplant Center, spread in waves after the donation of the newspaper employees. close to a thousand saplings were brought together with the soil. In this grove, saplings were planted on behalf of all the press organizations operating in İzmir and all the names who worked for Ege Telegraf in its 52-year history. manages to get. Young, dynamic, willing to learn, and above all, having a school understanding, it makes a sound with its employees who motivate young people without compromising its structure.
