Daktilo1984 (in English: Typewriter) aspires to be a "politically liberal publication".

Founded by a group of academics and civil society members with economic and politically liberal ideologies, it publishes written pieces on its website. The articles are opinion and political essays, primarily concerning the immediate day-to-day news agenda. In addition, the newsroom produces videos for its YouTube channel and podcasts on Spotify.

The team relies on a vast network of contributors for text, audio, and visual content.

Within the newsroom, D84Intelligence and ASTERISK2050 teams write features, opinion pieces, and policy reports as content development for various NGOs.

An informal editorial board, mostly of academics, steers the editorial policy with an emphasis on freedom of expression, democracy issues and economics.

Source: Oasis Europe

Last updated date: November 2025

Location:
Ankara, Turkey
Year the organization started publishing:
2019
Languages:
English
Turkish
Type of coverage:
National

Content

Editorial coverage:
Generalist, focused on multiple topics
Type of content produced by theme:
Politics
Economy and business
Entertainment and culture
Society and human rights
Gender
Feminism
LGBTIQ+
Ethnic minorities
DEIA: Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility
Journalism genres:
Reviews
Interviews and reporting
Opinion
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Newsletter
Messaging service
Telegram
Social media platforms
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Twitch
Reddit
Podcast
YouTube
Primary tech platform or medium used to publish content:
Website

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
996
Twitter number of followers:
42,900
Instagram number of followers:
1,982
YouTube number of followers:
25,400

Management and team

Founders

Female:
0
Male:
4
Founders:
Enes Özkan, İlkan Dalkuç, Barış Ertürk, Burak Bilgehan Özpek
Directors:
Enes Özkan, Bahadır Çelebi, İlkan Dalkuç, Kardelen Deniz

Team

Full-time employees:
7
Part-time employees:
0
Freelancers or consultants:
20
Volunteers:
0

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
Hybrid model (more than one nonprofit or for-profit)
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Grants
Content services for others
Audience support / reader revenue
Grants from private donor organisations
Grants or investment from philanthropic organisations
Content development for other non-journalistic companies
Content development for NGOs
Memberships
Crowdfunding campaigns
Individual donations
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Grants
The second most important revenue source reported:
Content services for others

Transparency

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue
Doesn’t publish the names of donors
Has an ethics policy / manual
Publishes an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Publishes a complaints policy
Has a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Doesn’t publish a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Is signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association
Publishes up to date information about its team

Why is this profile included?

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