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One of Türkiye’s newspaper printing facilities has been shut down after the Ankara printing plant operated by Turkish daily Hurriyet was dismantled, with its industrial presses reportedly sold for scrap after efforts to find international buyers fell through.
The facility, which had long served as one of the country’s major newspaper production hubs, was liquidated after overseas negotiations failed to result in a sale. According to reporting by Turkish outlet Sozcu, talks were held with an Egyptian company following the closure, but no agreement was reached.
Opened in 1997 with a ceremony attended by prominent figures from Turkish politics and media, the Ankara printing plant was widely seen as one of Türkiye’s biggest media investments at the time.
The site played a key role during the peak years of the former Dogan Media Group, particularly around 2007 and 2008, when the company held significant market value. However, footage recently shared online showed the plant’s large printing machines being cut apart with industrial welding equipment before being sold as scrap.
Former Hurriyet Editor-in-Chief Ertugrul Ozkok described the images as symbolizing more than the closure of a single facility, suggesting they reflected the broader decline of the print newspaper era.
Ozkok also pointed to the closure of a long-running newspaper kiosk in Istanbul’s Bebek district, once known for strong newspaper sales, saying the site had been replaced by a flower shop.
He framed the developments as part of a wider technological transformation across the media sector, noting that international outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and Bild have continued operating through digital publishing models.
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