(GEN) REPRESENTATIVES OF TURKIC NEWS AGENCIES VISIT ANADOLU AGENCY.

ANKARA, Jun 9, 2009 (TUR) -- Representatives of the news agencies of Turkish speaking countries visited the Anadolu Agency (AA) headquarters on Monday.

A delegation comprised of the Association of the Turkic Speaking News Agencies had a meeting with AA Director General Dr. Hilmi Bengi, also the president of the AA Executive Board, at the AA headquarters in Ankara.

The delegation is actually visiting Turkey as the guest of the Directorate General of Press and Information. It consisted of representatives from Azerbaijan, Crimea and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

The web-page of the association "www.tkahaber.org" will be launched in a ceremony to be held at the Directorate General of Press and Information on Monday evening.

Association of Turkic Speaking News Agencies (TKA) was established in Ankara in November 1992 in an effort to inform the world at first hand and in an accurate and objective way on the news about the Turkic world, to establish cooperation between news agencies in the field of journalism and on technical matters and to develop mutual training opportunities.

The members of the association are Anadolu Ajansi (Turkey), AzerTac (Azerbaijan), Kazinform (Kazakhstan), Kabar (Kyrgyzstan), Turkmenpres (Turkmenistan), UZA (Uzbekistan), TAK (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus-TRNC), QHA (Crimea), BASHINFORM (Bashkortostan) and Tatar-Inform (Tatarstan).

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