Anatolian Agency
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| Société Anonyme | |
| Industry | News agency |
| Founded | April 6, 1920 |
| Founders |
Halide Edip Adıvar Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu |
| Headquarters | Tandoğan, Ankara, Turkey |
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Key people
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Şenol Kazancı (CEO) |
| Website | Anadolu Ajansı |
Anadolu Agency (Turkish: Anadolu Ajansı, abbreviated AA) is an international news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey and is a state-run news agency of the Turkish government.
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. It announce the first legislation passed by the Assembly, which established the Republic of Turkey.
The Anadolu Agency provides wire news service, an image library, news graphics, and video. Its mandate is to provide news of Turkey and the Turkish government to the rest of the world. It broadcasts in Turkish, English, Arabic, French, Kurdish (Kurmanci and Sorani), Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, Russian, Macedonian, Albanian and Persian, and has a network of reporters in 86 countries. The products offered are available by subscription or purchase.
The Anadolu Agency exchanges stories, graphics and other products with the following international news agencies and image providers:
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