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742 journalists in Turkey (September 2026)

742 journalists are on file in Turkey, 0.6% of the 127,602 on file. 181 are reporters and 329 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

742 Journalists on file
181 Reporters
329 Editors
1.82 Editors per reporter

Turkey has 1.82 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Turkey
Editors 329 44.3%
Reporters 181 24.4%
Correspondents 150 20.2%
Anchors and presenters 23 3.1%
Columnists 23 3.1%
News producers 18 2.4%
Critics and reviewers 11 1.5%
Other editorial 7 0.9%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

177 of the 742 journalists on file in Turkey carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Foreign affairs 63 35.6%
Entertainment 17 9.6%
Finance and markets 16 9.0%
Energy 11 6.2%
Sports 10 5.6%
Economics 8 4.5%
Fashion 8 4.5%
Politics 7 4.0%
Culture and arts 7 4.0%
Business 5 2.8%
AI 4 2.3%
Education 3 1.7%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Turkey

OutletTypeJournalists in TurkeyAll journalists on file
Anadolu Agency Wire agencies 246 383
TRT World Broadcasters 71 162
NTV Broadcasters 54 195
Milliyet Newspapers 48 54
Sözcü Gazetesi Newspapers 29 31
ATV Broadcasters 24 33
Onedio.Com Online outlets 19 19
TV8 Broadcasters 14 17
Haber7.Com Broadcasters 13 13
Bloomberg Online outlets 10 1,785
Ekranom Online outlets 10 12
Deutsche Welle Broadcasters 9 732
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 8 1,535
The New York Times Newspapers 8 2,168
BBC Broadcasters 7 3,935
AFP Wire agencies 7 865
Gq Magazine Magazines 7 65
Bundle Online outlets 6 6
Enab Baladi Newspapers 5 11
Esquire Magazine Magazines 5 70

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Turkey, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 742 journalists in Turkey, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/turkey/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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