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Anadolu Agency
Anadolu Ajansı
Company typeState-owned
IndustryNews agency
FoundedApril 6, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-04-06)
FoundersMustafa Kemal Atatürk
Halide Edip Adıvar
Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu
HeadquartersTandoğan, Ankara, Turkey
Key people
Şenol Kazancı (CEO)
OwnersTurkish government
WebsiteAnadolu Ajansı

Anadolu Agency (Template:Lang-tr, abbreviated AA) is a state-run[1] press agency in Turkey.[2]

History

The Anadolu Agency was founded in 1920 during the Turkish War of Independence. Journalist Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu and writer Halide Edip, fleeing the occupied capital, met in Geyve and concluded that a new Turkish press agency was needed. The agency was officially launched on April 6, 1920, 17 days before the Turkish Grand National Assembly convened for the first time. The Anadolu Agency helped announce the first legislation passed by the Assembly, which established the Republic.[3]

Services

Anadolu Agency provides wire news service, an image library, news graphics, and video. Its remit is to provide news of Turkey and the Turkish government to the rest of the world.[4] AA currently broadcasts in Turkish, English, Arabic, French, Kurdish, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian (BCS), Russian, macedonian and Albanian. The agency aims to deliver its products in 11 languages as of 2020. It has a network of reporters in 86 countries. The products offered are available by subscription or purchase.

International cooperation

AA exchanges stories, graphics and other products with the following international news agencies and image providers:

References

  1. ^ "Turkey's Anadolu agency threatens to sue 2 British editors". Today's Zaman. 10 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Anadolu Agency". Agence France-Press. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  3. ^ "History". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ^ Yediyıldız, Elif Merve (13 April 2014). "Anadolu Agency: Linking Turkey and the World". Daily Sabah.
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