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Anadolu Agency

Anadolu Agency (Turkish: Anadolu Ajansı, lit. 'Anatolia Agency'; abbreviated AA) is a state-run[1][2] news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.[3] It operates in 13 languages in over 100 countries.[4]

Anadolu Agency
Anadolu Ajansı
Company type
Joint-stock company
IndustryNews agency
Founded6 April 1920; 106 years ago (1920-04-06)
FoundersMustafa Kemal Pasha
Halide Edib
Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu
HeadquartersÇankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Key people
Serdar Karagöz (Director-General, Chairman of the Board)
Number of employees
3,800
Websiteaa.com.tr

History

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The Anadolu Agency was founded in 1920 during the Turkish War of Independence by the order of Mustafa Kemal Pasha. As the Ottoman Empire's capital, Constantinople, was under the Ottoman sultans' control, all newspapers were also under the sultan's rule along with British occupiers, and it was necessary for the revolutionary government to establish a communication and news network for Anatolia and Rumelia.[5] 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. It announced the first legislation passed by the Assembly, which established the Republic of Turkey.[6] In 1925, an act of parliament declared it an autonomous agency, but it continued to serve as a "quasi-governmental entity".[7]

After the Justice and Development Party (AKP) took power, AA and the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) were both restructured to more closely reflect the administration line. According to a 2016 academic article, "these public news producers, especially during the most recent term of the AKP government, have been controlled by officials from a small network close to the party leadership."[8]

According to the former general director of AA, Kemal Öztürk [tr], it has the largest broadcaster of Arabic news in the Middle East and produces 70 percent of all news content in Turkey.[9] Political scholar Oğuz Güner says that "AA conveys the vision of Turkish foreign policy, Türkiye’s viewpoint towards the world, and Turkish culture and history to the international community."[10]

Anadolu Agency is an active member of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA).[11] Since 1978, AA has been a member of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Syria war: Rebels 'withdraw heavy weapons from Idlib buffer zone', BBC News (October 8, 2018): "Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency..."
  2. ↑ Turkish Employee of US Consulate to Remain in Custody, Associated Press (March 28, 2019): "the state-run Anadolu Agency reported."
  3. ↑ "UN journalists visit Anadolu Agency headquarters". Anadolu Agency. 5 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Yurteri, Hamza; Demirci, Ebuzer (2025). "Navigating Public Diplomacy Through Local Media: Türkiye's Engagement in Somalia and the Lessons from the Ankara Declaration". In Güner, Oğuz (ed.). Türkiye's Public Diplomacy Ecosystem: A Reflection on Evolving Practices. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-81916-2. ISBN 978-3-031-81915-5.
  5. ↑ Mustafa Aksakal; et al. (2023). "The Ottoman Empire". In Marysa Demoor (ed.). The Edinburgh Companion to First World War Periodicals. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 478. doi:10.1515/9781474494724-033. ISBN 9781474494724.
  6. ↑ "History". Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Artantaş, Onur Çağdaş (2023-12-31). "ANADOLU AJANSININ HUKUKİ STATÜSÜ" [LEGAL STATUS OF THE ANADOLU AGENCY]. Hacettepe Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi. 13 (2): 233–270. doi:10.32957/hacettepehdf.1359414. ISSN 2146-1708.
  8. ↑ Irak, Dağhan (2016). "A Close-Knit Bunch: Political Concentration in Turkey's Anadolu Agency through Twitter Interactions". Turkish Studies. 17 (2): 336–360. doi:10.1080/14683849.2016.1138287. S2CID 155656756.
  9. ↑ Öztürk, Kemal (2014). "Anadolu Agency and the New Media Order". In Banerjee, Santo; Erçetin, Şefika Şule (eds.). Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2012. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7362-2. ISBN 978-94-007-7361-5.
  10. ↑ Güner, Oğuz (2025). "An Overview of Actors in Türkiye's Public Diplomacy Ecosystem". In Güner, Oğuz (ed.). Türkiye's Public Diplomacy Ecosystem: A Reflection on Evolving Practices. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-81916-2. ISBN 978-3-031-81915-5.
  11. ↑ "EANA Member Agencies". European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA). Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  12. ↑ "Anadolu reelected vice president of Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies". Anadolu (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-05-11.
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