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TURKEY'S MINORITY NEWSPAPERS TO HAVE OFFICIAL SUPPORT
PanARMENIAN.Net
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/96668/
March 1, 2012 - 15:17 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A decision to allow Turkey's minority-run
newspapers to take a share of official bulletins and announcements
that authorities pay publications to print has come into effect,
with the new amendment published in the Official Gazette Feb. 28.
"Our goal in [introducing] this regulation is to show that minority
newspapers are no different from other journals. Official institutions
can now indiscriminately advertise in these papers as well," said
Mehmet Atalay, the head of Turkey's Press Bulletin Authority (BÄ°K).
Newspapers run by minorities, as defined by the Treaty of Lausanne,
will now be able to print official advertisements if they issue a
written request.
"[Minority-run journals] fulfil an important duty with regard to the
[role of the] Turkish Republic as a bridge. We believe the path to
living in solidarity and sharing together goes through making use of
the same opportunities," Atalay said.
However, the chief editor of the Greek daily Apoyevmatini, Mihalis
Vasiliadis, said that printing official bulletins would not alone
solve their problems: "A newspaper whose problems can be solved solely
through the printing of official bulletins would not be a newspaper;
it would not stand," he told the Hurriyet Daily News.
Vasiliadis also expressed skepticism regarding the conditions under
which such bulletins would be made available to minority-run papers,
but also thanked Atalay for his efforts: "My struggle has born fruit.
I am happy to have assumed leadership. Other sister jounals will also
take advantage of this aid," he said.
BÄ°K also issued a special grant totaling 250,000 Turkish Liras
to six minority-run newspapers last year, including the Armenian
dailies Jamang and Marmara, the Armenian weekly Agos, the Greek
dailies Apoyevmatini and Ã~]ho, and the Jewish weekly Ã~^alom.
PanARMENIAN.Net
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/96668/
March 1, 2012 - 15:17 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A decision to allow Turkey's minority-run
newspapers to take a share of official bulletins and announcements
that authorities pay publications to print has come into effect,
with the new amendment published in the Official Gazette Feb. 28.
"Our goal in [introducing] this regulation is to show that minority
newspapers are no different from other journals. Official institutions
can now indiscriminately advertise in these papers as well," said
Mehmet Atalay, the head of Turkey's Press Bulletin Authority (BÄ°K).
Newspapers run by minorities, as defined by the Treaty of Lausanne,
will now be able to print official advertisements if they issue a
written request.
"[Minority-run journals] fulfil an important duty with regard to the
[role of the] Turkish Republic as a bridge. We believe the path to
living in solidarity and sharing together goes through making use of
the same opportunities," Atalay said.
However, the chief editor of the Greek daily Apoyevmatini, Mihalis
Vasiliadis, said that printing official bulletins would not alone
solve their problems: "A newspaper whose problems can be solved solely
through the printing of official bulletins would not be a newspaper;
it would not stand," he told the Hurriyet Daily News.
Vasiliadis also expressed skepticism regarding the conditions under
which such bulletins would be made available to minority-run papers,
but also thanked Atalay for his efforts: "My struggle has born fruit.
I am happy to have assumed leadership. Other sister jounals will also
take advantage of this aid," he said.
BÄ°K also issued a special grant totaling 250,000 Turkish Liras
to six minority-run newspapers last year, including the Armenian
dailies Jamang and Marmara, the Armenian weekly Agos, the Greek
dailies Apoyevmatini and Ã~]ho, and the Jewish weekly Ã~^alom.