ASFA HOLDING BOARD CHAIRMAN ASAF ATASOY’S 10 JANUARY WORKING JOURNALISTS DAY MESSAGE

ASFA HOLDING Chairman of the Board of Directors, Philanthropist and Businessman Asaf ATASOY, published a message on the occasion of January 10th Working Journalists Day.

ASFA HOLDING Chairman of the Board of Directors Asaf ATASOY included the following statements in his message;

In our country, January 10 is celebrated every year as “Working Journalists Day” since the adoption of Law No. 212 on January 10, 1961, which provided social and economic rights to journalists and was a turning point in the Turkish press.

Journalists, who practice an important profession that includes values ​​such as reporting accurate news, impartiality, objectivity, and respect for private life and personal rights in order to inform the public, become the voice of the nation’s conscience by conveying events to the public impartially with a principled broadcasting approach and ensuring that citizens receive accurate and complete information, which is their most natural right.

Along with our national press, our local press, which keeps us informed about the events and developments taking place in our beautiful province and region, works successfully by working day and night with a sense of responsibility under all circumstances and conditions for the sake of the society’s freedom to receive news.

Journalism is a profession that requires great sacrifice and is performed under difficult conditions. Our journalists, who are chasing news at all hours of the day to inform the public, are also performing an important public duty while working with great devotion and a sense of responsibility to enlighten citizens about developing events under difficult conditions. In this respect, it is impossible not to appreciate our press workers.

With these feelings and thoughts, I would like to thank our press for their great support in all our work as ASFA HOLDING, I wish them success in their work, which I believe will continue with a principled and objective understanding, I congratulate all members of the press on January 10 Working Journalists Day, and I offer my most sincere love and respect.

ABDULLAH YIGIT-ISTANBUL

Last Update: January 07, 2025