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Documented institutions

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Institution types

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Cities affected

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Samanyolu TV
2016

Samanyolu TV

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One geography. Hundreds of traces.

From Istanbul to Gaziantep, from Kayseri to Izmir. The traces of closed institutions run across Turkey. Every point on the map tells the story of a neighbourhood, a school, a hospital.

Cities with most records

  • Istanbul11
  • Ankara3
  • Izmir1
  • Gaziantep1
  • Kayseri1

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Every institution a story, every story a testimony.

Each time you visit, three different institutions come from the archive. Each with its own voice, its own bonds, its own wounds.

Media
Closed 2016

1993 – 2016

Samanyolu TV

İstanbul · Üsküdar

Samanyolu TV (STV) was one of Turkey's major television networks, founded in 1993 and broadcasting nationally and internationally via Türksat satellite since 1999. The network was part of the Samanyolu Media Group and was considered one of the most prominent media outlets associated with the Gülen movement. It produced popular TV series, news programs, and educational content that reached audiences in North America, Europe, and Central Asia.

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Media
Confiscated 2016

1994 – 2016

Cihan News Agency

İstanbul · Bakırköy

Cihan News Agency was a news agency founded in 1994 with its headquarters in Istanbul. Operating under Feza Publishing, the agency produced news in the fields of current affairs, politics, economy, international news, culture and arts, entertainment, and sports. With its widespread reporter network across Türkiye and its local media subscriptions, it provided written news, photographs, and video news services to many newspapers, television channels, and news organizations. Cihan News Agency became known as one of Türkiye’s important news agencies, with a structure that produced hundreds of written news items, photographs, and video reports every day. Working not only with the national press but also with local television channels, radio stations, and newspapers, the agency conveyed developments from Türkiye and the world to its subscribers. Cihan News Agency was closed in 2016 under a decree-law issued after 15 July; its movable and immovable properties and all its assets were seized and transferred to the Treasury.

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Tutoring center
Closed 2016

1985 – 2016

FEM Tutoring Centers

İstanbul · Üsküdar

FEM Tutoring Centers was a widespread network of private education institutions founded in Istanbul in 1985 under the name Fırat Education Center and operating in the field of preparation for central examinations in Türkiye. The institution offered students preparing for high school and university entrance exams subject instruction, test practice, mock exams, study sessions and guidance services. Over time, FEM Tutoring Centers expanded beyond Istanbul and became a well-known exam-preparation brand in many provinces of Türkiye. Especially in the 1990s and 2000s, within an education system shaped by exam success, it became one of the important stops on the path to university and selective high schools for many students. With the MEB Law adopted in 2014, the process of closing tutoring centers and converting them into private schools began. In 2016, under Decree-Law No. 667 issued after 15 July, private education institutions bearing the FEM name were closed; their movable and immovable assets, rights, receivables, documents and records were deemed to have been transferred to the Treasury.

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