32. Gün

*32. Gün*
32. Gün
Genre	News, documentary, political commentary
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
Original release
Network	TRT 1 (1985–1992); atv (1995); Show TV (1992–1995) (1995–1998); CNN Türk (1999–2005); Kanal D (1999, 2005–2016)
Release	1 October 1985 –; 8 December 2016

32. Gün (English: 32nd Day) was a Turkish national and international television news show. Launched in 1985 by Mehmet Ali Birand,^[1] it was Turkey's longest-running and one of the most influential news programmes.^[2] The show was originally aired on state-owned TRT 1 (1985–1992), then moved on to private television channels.^[3]

Contributors to 32. Gün include: Coşkun Aral,^[4] Mithat Bereket,^[5] Ali Kırca,^[6] Cenk Başlamış,^[7] Ahmet Sever,^[8] Bülent Çaplı,^[9] Rıdvan Akar,^[10] Cüneyt Özdemir,^[11] Can Dündar,^[12] Çiğdem Anad,^[13] Deniz Arman,^[14] Ayfer Dedekorkut,^[15] Serdar Akinan,^[16] Kerem Şenel,^[17] and Utku Başar^[18]

Episodes

Season	Years	Number of episodes	Guests
1	1985-1986	9	Yasser Arafat^[19]
2	1986-1987	10
3	1987-1988	10
4	1988-1989	10
5	1989-1990	11	Saddam Hussein
6	1990-1991	11
7	1991-1992	20
8	1992-1993	47	Abdullah Öcalan,^[20] Eddie Murphy^[21]
9	1993-1994	44	Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
10	1994-1995	43
11	1995-1996	39
12	1996-1997	43
13	1997-1998	39
14	1998-1999	26
15	1999-2000	47
16	2000-2001	46
17	2001-2002	51
18	2002-2003	50
19	2003-2004	50
20	2004-2005	42	Bashar al-Assad
21	2005-2006	34
22	2006-2007	37
23	2007-2008	42
24	2008-2009	41
25	2009-2010	37	Celâl Şengör
26	2010-2011	40
27	2011-2012	36
28	2012-2013	38
29	2013-2014	42
30	2014-2015	21
31	2015-2016	19
32	2016	10

Books

Mehmet Ali Birand (2005), 20 Yılın Perde Arkası: 32. Gün (Backstage of 20 Years: 32. Gün), Doğan Kitap^[22]

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