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''Taraf'' ("Side" in Turkish) is a liberal newspaper in Turkey. It has distinguished itself by opposing interference by the Turkish military in the country's social and political affairs. It is distributed nationwide, and has been in circulation since November 15, 2007. ==Overview== ''Taraf'' has published a series of highly-controversial stories that revealed the involvement of the Turkish military in daily political affairs. The revealed documents, such as coup plans that involved the bombing of historical mosques in Turkey ("Sledgehammer" coup plan) and bombing of a museum (Operation Cage Action Plan), significantly damaged the social image of the Turkish military. The sources that leaked such critical insider information to ''Taraf'' are still unknown. The response of the Turkish military to ''Taraf'' included canceling the newspaper's accreditation from press releases at its headquarters. A political journal, ''Nokta'', had similarly published leaked military information (Sarıkız, Ayışığı, Yakamoz and Eldiven) and was closed down in 2007 due to pressure. The founder and owner of ''Taraf'', Başar Arslan, dismisses accusations of bias and outside funding, saying that he has made a considerable loss in his mission to create the country's most prestigious newspaper. He considers ''Taraf'' an investment that will eventually pay off. Some prominent names of ''Taraf'', such as reporter Mehmet Baransu, columnist Emre (Emrullah) Uslu, and former columnist Önder Aytaç are known for their affiliation with the Gülen movement, although it has been denied that they act as quasi-officials representatives of the movement. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「taraf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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