Person of the Year | The Last 13 Years Person of The Year Winners | Time Magazine
Since 1927, Time Magazine announces the most influential people as the Person of the Year every year. Sometimes this name is not limited to just one person. In some years, a group of people, an idea or an object can be chosen as the person of the year. We have brought together people who have been declared as Person of the Year for the last 12 years and we wanted to give information about those people and why they were chosen as the person of the year. So let's start!
2006: You
Time Magazine chose “You” as the person of the year in 2006. On a computer screen, a YouTube video and added a comment under the cover that says” You: Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world.”
Time said that social media, YouTube, Wikipedia, and other platforms on the Internet are guiding the press and the world agenda and that this is happening not as an individual but as a whole.
2007: Vladimir Putin
2007 was the last year of Putin's first presidency and was on the cover of Time magazine. Putin was also preparing to become prime minister that year. Time in the article: "If Russia fails, all bets are off for the 21st century. And if Russia succeeds as a nation-state in the family of nations, it will owe much of that success to one man, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin" .
2008: Barack Obama
In 2008, Obama was elected President of the United States, defeating John McCain.
2009: Ben Bernanke
In 2009, Time chose FED President Ben Bernanke, who worked hard to overcome the economic crisis, as the person of the year. Bernanke is a former professor at Princeton University and an expert on the Great Depression.
The magazine said in a statement that the event of the year was a weak economy and recession, and things would have been worse without Ben Bernanke.
2010: Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the Facebook site who managed to leave the other candidates behind, became the second youngest person to be the cover of the magazine. At the age of 26, Zuckerberg became one of the youngest billionaires in the world. Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, came first in the Time survey that year, but Time editors chose Zuckerberg as the person of the year.”The scale of Facebook is something that is transforming our lives” Time said.
2011: The Protester
Time Magazine editors this year 122 thousand votes in first poll düzenletik of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister Erdogan, instead of 61 thousand rated "protesters" was chosen as the year of the person.
The editors of Time Magazine chose the “Protesters” who received 61 thousand votes instead of Republic of Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who received 122 thousand votes in the survey they conducted this year as the person of the year.
This selection was made by the magazine as an example of Arab Spring protests, Wall Street protests and protesters in Russia. Time said that protesters changed the world and redefined the power of the people. The opposition spreading from the Middle East in the United States and Europe found that the response, the protesters around the world reshaped policies in the world, Time said
2012: Barack Obama
In 2012, Time Magazine once again chose President Obama as the person of the year. The magazine announced Obama as the architect of the New America. The magazine said in a statement that Obama is not only a political figure, but also a cultural figure. The article highlighted its tolerant approach to issues related to homosexuals and immigrants.
2013: Pope Francis
In 2013, Pope Francis, who was the leader of the Catholics, was chosen as the person of the year. The Pope, who took office just before his election, has the title of being elected from outside Europe for the first time in 1200 years. The magazine highlighted that the Argentine Pope had the power to change the world.
2014: Ebola Fighters
Time selected person of the year,the medics to fight Ebola in West Africa. The magazine celebrated and shared the names of doctors, nurses and other medics who 'Show courage and patience' in the fight against Ebola. "These men and women did the hard and dangerous work in treating patients and protecting the rest of us" said Nancy Gibbs.
2015: Angela Merkel
The magazine used the phrase "Chancellor of the Free World" for Angela Merkel. Merkel, who managed Europe's debt crisis with Greece well, and guide the refugee and Russian-Ukrainian problem, was deemed worthy of the title of the year.
2016: Donald Trump
Donald Trump, who defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, was named “Person of the Year” by the magazine.
2017: The Silence Breakers
This year, Time has chosen people of the year who dont’t keep their silence on sexual harassment. Many celebrities, such as Taylor Swift, supported the actions initiated with the #MeToo tag. "Fastest moving social change we've seen in decades" said Time editor Edward Felsenthal.
2018: The Guardians
In 2018, the magazine named a group of journalists whom called "The Guardians". The magazine prepared 4 different covers for 4 journalists. Among the journalists selected as the person of the year:
1. Cemal Kaşıkçı was killed at the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul on October 2, 2018
2. Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe who reported the massacres of Arakan Muslims in Myanmar.
3. Maria Ressa who criticized the government in the Philippines
4. Capital Gazette magazine employees who killed in a mall in the State of Maryland, United States .
