The Turkish News Agency (TAK) is preparing to celebrate the 49th anniversary of its establishment.
The agency was established on December 21, 1973
The agency’s Director Fehmi Gürdallı and its Board of Directors paid a visit to Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu as part of events marking the occasion.
Receiving the TAK delegation on Monday, Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu started by congratulating the agency on its 49th anniversary.
He said that it was of utmost importance that the state’s news agency remained impartial and unbiased when reporting stories.
Ertuğruloğlu also underlined the importance of the state news agency TAK and the state broadcaster BRT, stating that a media environment in the TRNC without their existence was unthinkable.
For his part, the Director of TAK Fehmi Gürdallı said that the Turkish News Agency had been the voice of the Turkish Cypriot people for half a decade.
He added that they were working hard to improve the agency, to further develop its capabilities and to transform it into an international news agency.