[3] As a result of increasing political polarization, Sözcü became one of the country's top-selling newspapers through its anti-government (Justice and Development Party or AKP) stance.

[4] It is the highest-selling Turkish paper that openly criticizes the ruling party and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Sözcü adopts a more nationalist and Kemalist political orientation than other anti-AKP newspapers such as Cumhuriyet and BirGün.

[5] Another daily newspaper called Korkusuz (English: Fearless) has been published by the Sözcü Group since November 2014.

The daily sports newspaper AMK has been published by the Sözcü Group since June 2012.