List of newspapers in Azerbaijan

There are 3500 newspapers being published in Azerbaijan. The vast majority of them are published in Azerbaijani. The remaining 130 are published in Russian (70), English (50) and other languages (Turkish, French, German, Arabic, Persian, Armenian, etc.).[1]

Azerbaijani newspapers can be split into more serious-minded newspapers, usually referred to as broadsheets due to their large size, and sometimes known collectively as "the quality press".[2]

Below is a list of newspapers published in Azerbaijan.

Newspapers

Daily newspapers
Title Published Format Est. Owner Language Orientation Political party support in 2013 Presidential election
AzeriTimes.comDailyBroadsheet2008Ziyad MehdiyevEnglishIndependent, Left-center
Crime and CriminalDailyBroadsheet2016Aqil YusifovAzerbaijaniNew Azerbaijan Party
AdalatDailyBroadsheet1990Agil AbbasAzerbaijaniRight-centerNew Azerbaijan Party
AzadliqDailyBroadsheet1989Ganimat ZahidAzerbaijaniLeft-wingNational Council of Democratic Forces
AzerbaycanDailyBerliner1918Government of AzerbaijanAzerbaijaniRight-wingNew Azerbaijan Party
Bakinskiy RabochiyDailyBroadsheet1906Agabak AsgarovRussianRight-centerNew Azerbaijan Party
Bizim YolDailyBroadsheet2000Bahaddin GaziyevAzerbaijaniLeft-center
EchoDailyBroadsheet2001Rauf TalishinskyRussianLiberal
EkspressDailyBroadsheet1995Mushfig SafiyevAzerbaijaniLeft-center
KaspiDailyBroadsheet1999IntellektAzerbaijaniRight-center
Khalg GazetiDailyBroadsheet1919Mahal IsmayiloglyAzerbaijaniRight-wingNew Azerbaijan Party
Khalg Cebhesi GazetiDailyBroadsheet2001Elchin MirzabeyliAzerbaijaniLeft-wingNational Council of Democratic Forces
RespublikaDailyBroadsheet1990Government of AzerbaijanAzerbaijaniRight-wing, populistNew Azerbaijan Party
ShergDailyBroadsheet1996Akif AshirliAzerbaijaniRight-wing
TezadlarDailyBroadsheet1993Asif MarziliAzerbaijaniRight-wing
Üç nöqtaDailyBroadsheet1998Khoshgadam HidayatgizyAzerbaijaniRight-wing
Yeni MusavatDailyBroadsheet1989Rauf ArifogluAzerbaijaniLeft-wing, populistNational Council of Democratic Forces
ZamanDailyBroadsheet1991Fetullah GulenAzerbaijaniLeft-center

Non-daily newspapers
Title Published Format Est. Owner Language Orientation Political party support in 2013 Presidential election
AzernewsSundayBerliner1997Fazil AbbasovEnglishCentre-rightNew Azerbaijan Party
Nedelya Jivaya GazetaSundayBerliner1997UnknownRussianCentre-rightNew Azerbaijan Party

Local newspapers in Azerbaijan
  • Lankaran
    • Lankaran
  • Nakhchivan
  • Shaki
    • Shaki
    • Shakinin Sasi
  • Sumgayit
    • 365 Gün

Specialist newspapers

Sport

Miscellaneous special interest
  • Ədəbiyyat qəzeti – monthly literary newspaper
  • Qoroskop – monthly newspaper aimed at horoscope followers
  • Tumurcuq – monthly newspaper for children

Freesheet newspapers in urban centres

Defunct newspapers
  • Akinchi (1875–1877) - weekly
  • Bauer und Arbeiter (1924) - weekly
  • Çeşmə (1991–1995)- daily.
  • Dövran (1997–2000) - weekly.
  • Gündəlik Azərbaycan (2005–2007) - daily.
  • Istiglal (1932–1934) - weekly
  • Komanda (2008–2014) - daily newspaper summarising football news
  • Lenins Weg (1932–1936) - weekly
  • Müxalifət (1991–2007) - daily
  • Zerkalo (1990–2014) - daily

References
  1. List of newspapers in Azerbaijan Archived 2013-04-11 at Archive.today
  2. "Mətbuat Şurası "reket qəzetlər"in yeni siyahısını açıqadı - SİYAHI". news.milli.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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