Haberturk

What Haberturk does

Habertürk Gazetecilik A.Ş. is a Turkish digital news platform operating as haberturk.com, self-described as "Türkiye'nin En Büyük İnternet Gazetesi" (Turkey's largest internet newspaper). Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Istanbul, the company is owned by the diversified conglomerate Ciner Group (Ciner Bilgi Grubu) and structured as a Turkish joint-stock company (A.Ş.). Its core product is a 24/7 news portal covering politics, economy, world news, sports, health, technology, and entertainment, supplemented by a live TV streaming service (Habertürk TV), mobile applications for Android, iOS, and Huawei devices, and a portfolio of vertical sub-brands including HT Hayat (women's lifestyle), HT Kulüp (membership club), HT Gastro (food/travel), HT Çocuk (children), and an interactive Brain Games section. A content partnership with Bloomberg HT provides integrated financial market data and business news feeds.

The platform is built on standard web and mobile application architectures without disclosed proprietary technology components, and supports push notifications, offline reading, and live streaming. Distribution relies on the primary website, native mobile apps across three major app stores, social media channels (X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn), and an email newsletter service for daily headlines and breaking news alerts.

Habertürk serves a horizontal mass-market segment of Turkish-speaking general news consumers and monetizes primarily through digital advertising — including display banners, sponsored content, and partnership placements — supplemented by newsletter subscription infrastructure. The company employs between 501 and 1,000 people, operates exclusively in the Turkish market, and does not have a public listing. No revenue, funding, M&A, or executive leadership data is publicly disclosed in the source material.

Name

Haberturk

Legal name

Habertürk Gazetecilik A.Ş.

Website

https://haberturk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Habertürk is a Turkish digital news platform owned by Ciner Group, operating haberturk.com as a 24/7 multi-vertical news portal with mobile apps, live TV, sub-brand verticals, and Bloomberg HT financial content integration for Turkish-speaking mass-market audiences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online News Media

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

News & Politics Live Streaming Platforms (MPACACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Live Streaming & Webcasting Platforms (BPAMAJAB)

Keywords

• Online news portal
• Digital media publishing
• Turkish news coverage
• Live news streaming
• Mobile news applications

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Digital Advertising: Revenue generated through display advertising on the website and mobile applications, including banner ads, sponsored content, and partnership advertisements.
2. Newsletter Subscriptions: Email newsletter services with subscription options for daily news updates and breaking news alerts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Habertürk operates a digital-first Turkish news portal (haberturk.com) providing 24/7 news coverage across politics, economy, world news, sports, health, technology, and entertainment. It supplements the main platform with native mobile applications (Android, iOS, Huawei), a live TV streaming channel (Habertürk TV), and several vertical sub-portals covering lifestyle (HT Hayat), food and travel (HT Gastro), an exclusive members' club (HT Kulüp), children's content (HT Çocuk), and brain games/puzzles.

Product overview

Haberturk operates as Turkey's largest internet news portal offering a unified platform with multiple specialized sub-brands and content verticals. The core offering is Haberturk.com, which provides comprehensive 24/7 news coverage across all major categories. Supporting the main platform are several sub-brands including HT Hayat (lifestyle/women's portal), HT Kulüp (exclusive membership club), HT Gastro (food/travel), and HT Çocuk (children's content). The platform also features Haberturk TV for live broadcasting, a dedicated brain games/puzzles section, and mobile applications for iOS, Android, and Huawei devices. Additionally, the platform integrates Bloomberg HT partnership for financial market data and stock information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HT Kulüp: Lifestyle and membership club portal under Habertürk brand
• HT Hayat
• Habertürk TV
• HT Gastro
• Bloomberg HT

Products and services

• Haberturk.com Main Website Turkey's largest internet news portal (Türkiye'nin En Büyük İnternet Gazetesi) providing 24/7 news coverage across politics, economy, sports, world news, health, technology, and entertainment for Turkish-speaking general readers.
• Habertürk TV Habertürk's live streaming television channel offering news broadcasts and video content to viewers via the website.
• HT Hayat A lifestyle portal covering topics such as fashion, astrology, daily horoscopes, and women's interests.
• HT Kulüp Habertürk's exclusive club section offering member-only content, celebrity news, and lifestyle features.
• HT Gastro A food and travel portal featuring recipes, restaurant recommendations, and culinary content.
• Haberturk Mobile Application Mobile applications available for Android, iPhone (iOS), and Huawei devices enabling news consumption on-the-go.
• HT Çocuk A dedicated section for children's content including parenting advice and child development articles.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hürriyet: Turkey's flagship newspaper brand owned by Doğan Group, operating a major digital news portal (hurriyet.com.tr) with multi-vertical coverage. Directly comparable to Habertürk as a legacy newspaper transitioning to a digital-first news platform in the same Turkish market.
• CNN Türk: Turkish cable news channel and digital news platform owned by Demirören Group. Competes head-to-head with Habertürk in both broadcast news and online news, with overlapping verticals in politics, economy, and sports.
• NTV: Turkish news broadcaster and digital portal owned by Doğuş Group. Provides 24/7 news across web and TV, with integrated financial content and live streaming. Highly comparable to Habertürk's combined news portal + live TV model.
• Sözcü: Major Turkish daily newspaper with one of the country's highest digital readerships. Operates a free, ad-supported digital news platform with multi-vertical coverage directly competing with Habertürk for audience and ad budgets.
• Mynet: Long-standing Turkish digital portal offering news, email, and lifestyle content. Comparable as a horizontal Turkish content destination with display-ad-driven monetization and multi-vertical coverage.
• Daily Sabah: English-language Turkish daily with strong digital presence, owned by Calık Media Group. Operates a multi-vertical digital news platform with international reach, comparable to Habertürk's comprehensive coverage model.

Emerging players

• Onedio: Turkish digital content platform focused on lifestyle, entertainment, and listicles with strong social engagement. Comparable as a digital-native Turkish content platform competing for the same audience time and ad dollars, though with a lighter news focus.
• Bloomberg HT: Turkish financial news and data platform (Bloomberg–Doğan partnership) and existing Habertürk content partner. Comparable as a Turkish business news destination with similar live market data and financial content verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Anadolu Agency: Turkey's state-run national news agency operating a multilingual digital news platform. Comparable as a comprehensive multi-vertical news provider, though with fundamentally different ownership and editorial structure.
• BBC News (Turkish): International public broadcaster's Turkish-language digital news service. Competes with Habertürk for Turkish-speaking news consumers and represents the kind of large, well-funded incumbent that sets content and distribution benchmarks in the market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/haberturk
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCXZ0mLmCsAaJdqPkT4L5P1w
• Facebookfacebook.com/haberturk.com.tr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2588069
• Instagraminstagram.com/haberturk

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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