"Special Award for Use of Turkish in News" from AA to TRT Haber Digital Publications

The Anadolu Agency News Awards, organized for the second time this year, found their owners at a ceremony attended by the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Numan Kurtulmuş, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mustafa Çiftçi, and many guests.

The Anadolu Agency News Awards ceremony, organized by Anadolu Agency (AA) under the auspices of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, in order to support the development of the journalism sector in Türkiye, ensure the protection of ethical values, and encourage the production of reliable and quality content, was held at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Ceremony Hall.

In the competition, which was held for the second time this year, projects that applied digital media and modern journalism techniques with an innovative vision, as well as outstanding works in traditional journalism, were evaluated, and 7 awards in different categories were awarded.

Sare Aydın from Fokus Plus was deemed worthy of the "Halide Edip Women Journalists Special Award" with her news story "A familiar life, a stolen narrative".

The "TDK Special Award for Use of Turkish in News" was received by Ayşe Şimşek from TRT Haber with her news titled "A light on Turkish cultural history: Traces of Kutadgu Bilig in Saraycık Testimonial", and the "Best New Media News Award" was received by Zeynep Rana Çetin from GZT with her news titled "Gaza's White Coat Resistance".

TRT News reporter Ayşe Şimşek, who was deemed worthy of the "Turkish Language Association (TDK) Special Award for the Use of Turkish in News" with her news report "A light on Turkish cultural history: Traces of Kutadgu Bilig in Saraycık Testimonial", said that she is very interested in Turkish history and does studies on the Turkish world.

Şimşek stated that he has a master's degree in General Turkish History and said:

"During his trip to Kazakhstan, Prof. Dr. Mesut Karakulak discovered that there were words from Kutadgu Bilig on the Saraycık Jug in a museum. I thought that the Turkish world should learn about this. I wanted to teach the Turkish people, the students who study literature and history, that Kutadgu Bilig is not only in books, but everyone knows it, it is on every stone."

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)