By Sinan Uslu
ANKARA (AA) – A delegation of Anadolu Agency, headed by Director General and Board Chairman Senol Kazanci, visited the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of Turkish Republic, on the occasion of the organization’s 98th anniversary.
The delegation, which included the agency’s board members, deputies of director general, editorial directors, laid a wreath at the mausoleum.
“Great Leader Ataturk, Anadolu Agency, which was established to announce the true voice of the War of Independence to Anatolia and all over the world, is now 98 years old.
“Anadolu Agency is now continuing its efforts to announce the voice of not only Anatolia but all the oppressed geographies and nations in the world,” Kazanci wrote in a book of commemoration at the mausoleum.
Anadolu Agency continues to be the voice of the epic struggle against all enemies, who threaten the unity of Turkey, through its news publications in 13 languages, he added.
The agency was founded by Ataturk on April 6, 1920, in order to prevent the propaganda of occupying allied forces and their local collaborators by means of spreading unfounded news aimed at hindering the National Struggle and hampering national morale.
Now, the agency has over 2,000 subscribers in 50 countries and publishes news in multiple languages.
It currently broadcasts in Turkish, English, Arabic, Russian, French, Kurdish, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian (BCS), Albanian, Persian, Macedonian, Indonesian and Spanish.
Anadolu Agency, “the source of reliable news”, posts an average of 2,200 news stories, 2,300 photos, 400 video news reports, 15 live broadcasts and eight infographics daily.
As part of its centennial vision, the agency aims to become one of the world's most influential agencies by 2020.
