Website designs and visual applications of Turkish news sites

Website designs and visual applications of Turkish news sites are analyzed in this study. The introduction deals with the development of news sites from past to present. Charts in this study show today’s website designs of the news sites in Turkey. This study uses content analysis as a research method. News sites were scanned by using this method. This study also gives significant information on the use of visuals and its frequency, the proportion of actual and archive photography use in news, the harmony between the visuals and news content in news sites and personnel distribution regarding news topics. As a result, this study shows how visual applications look in Turkish news sites. Photography use is more common in Turkish news sites when compared to their American or European counterparts. Visual quality reflects its importance on the news sites.