State and government officials in the TRNC issued messages on Wednesday to congratulate the Anadolu New Agency on its 102nd anniversary of establishment.
President Ersin Tatar in his message said the Anadolu Agency, which started reporting news by making the voice of Turkiye heard to the world during the War of Independence, is a global agency that has a voice on the world stage at the age of 102.
“I congratulate the anniversary of Anadolu Agency, one of the pioneers of telling the truth of the The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to the world, and wish it continued success,” he added.
The Speaker of the TRNC Parliament Zorlu Töre also issued a message to mark the day.
He reminded that the news agency had been set up upon instructions by the founder of modern day Turkiye Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to inform the country and the world of the national struggle waged during the Turkish War of Independence.
Töre expressed the belief that the agency will continue be the voice of the Turkish nation carrying out to the four corners of the world.
Prime Minister Faiz Sucuoğlu in his message said that the Anadolu Agency, using the latest technologies and methods of communication, carried out public broadcasting BRTK and reporting at its finest.
He expressed the hope that cooperation with the Turkish Cypriot state news agency TAK and TRNC public broadcaster will continue in the period ahead.
Sucuoğlu also said that the Anadolu Agency’s contributions in helping voice the just cause of the Turkish Cypriot people to the world was extremely important.