Turkey's best selling English-language newspaper and most visited news portal Daily Sabah turned 5 on Wednesday.


Daily Sabah's founder Serdar Karagöz (L), Web Department Manager Osman Bahattin Dirlik (C) and Editor-in-Chief İbrahim Altay

The birthday was marked in a celebration attended by the paper's editors and columnists.

The acting chairman of Turkuvaz Media Group, Serhat Albayrak, the paper's founder and TRT World's Editor-in-Chief Serdar Karagöz and Daily Sabah's current Editor-in-Chief İbrahim Altay were among the attendees.

Web Department Manager Osman Bahattin Dirlik, Managing Editor Mehmet Çelik, Ankara Bureau Chief Nur Özkan Erbay and all editors of the paper also marked the birthday.


Daily Sabah's Managing Editor Mehmet Çelik (L) with Web Department Manager Osman Bahattin Dirlik

First published on Feb. 27, 2014, Daily Sabah continues to grow its audience and to improve its journalistic quality with its young and seasoned editors.