The press in North Cyprus consists of dailies, weeklies and periodicals of varying frequency expressing a broad spectrum of ideologies with a wide coverage on politics, social life and other variety of subjects.
At present, there are 7 dailies, 3 weeklies and 4 monthly periodicals. Foreign Correspondents are also active in North Cyprus and main daily newspapers, private televisions and news agencies of Turkey provide services through local bureaus. Among these there are Anadolu Ajansi (AA) and Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), the leading news agencies in Turkey. The international news agency Reuters has a resident correspondent in North Cyprus.
North Cyprus AGENCIES
North Cyprus - News Agency Cyprus (TAK)
The Turkish News Agency Cyprus (TAK), was founded on December 21st 1973 in order to enable the voice of the Turkish Cypriot People to be heard all over the World.
TAK is an independent body governed by a seven-member Executive Board. Its news items are based on principles of truth and impartiality. The TAK director is also president of the Executive Board.
The T.A.K. provide following services :
Turkish News Bulletin
It covers news concerning internal and external events.
Greek Press Summary
Summaries of newspapers and periodicals in both Greek and English, published in South Cyprus.
Photography Service
It provides photographs of events followed. Photographs reflecting on average, five events, are distributed daily.
Commentary of TAK
Everyday political events are commented on. They are published every Monday.
TAK serves the press of T.R.N.C. Bayrak Radio and Television, the newspapers of Turkey, the Anatolia News Agency, Turkish Radio Television (T.R.T.), foreign news agencies and subscribers of government and state units.
There are 35 subscribers to the news bulletin and 65 subscribers to the Greek press summaries. There are 10 subscribers to the photography service.
Relations with Foreign Agency
A " Solidarity and Cooperation " protocol was signed on December 20th 1990 between the Anatolia Agency (A.A.) and the Turkish Agency Cyprus (TAK). Within the framework of this protocol the two news agencies exchange news items free of charge.
TAK is a Member of Turkish Agencies Union.
The address for correspondence, the telephone, telex and fax numbers of TAK which is operating in Nicosia, are given below:
