Most Popular Newspapers
The Turkish press is independent but is nevertheless close
to the government. The sports page is often quite impressive.
There are few big football clubs in the capitol, the most famous
of which is the Galatasarail. The team regularly qualifies for
European championships.
If you can read Turkish, here are the most popular newspapers:
Turkish daily news, and its English language pages
The Cumhuriyet: Turkish events and politics
Sabah, Milliyet and Hurriyet slightly
conservative newspapers,
Girgir "irony", local political satire paper.
The are a great number of German newspapers available in newsstands.