Turkish Association of Journalists
The Turkish Journalists 'Association (TGC; Turkish Türkiye Gazeteciler Cemiyeti ) is the largest journalists' organization in Turkey with more than 3,600 members and is based in Istanbul .
history
It was founded on June 10, 1946 by Sedat Simavi , Sadun Galip Savcı , Cihat Baban , Hayri Alpar and Sait Kesler . TGC is an interest group for journalists from newspapers, magazines, radio and television. It performed an important democratic control function during the KCK and the Ergenekon trials.
The association is currently offering the Sedat Simavi Prize .
Chairperson
- Sedat Simavi (1946–1949)
- Burhan Felek (1949–1952)
- Cevat Fehmi Başkut (1952–1959)
- Burhan Felek (1959–1982)
- Nezih Demirkent (1982-1992)
- Necmi Tanyolaç (1992–1994)
- Nail Güreli (1994-2001)
- Orhan Erinç (2001-2013)
- Turgay Olcayto (since 2013)
literature
- Saadet Yilmaz: Turkish Journalists as the “Chivalry” of Democracy: The Case of the Co-emergence of Democrat Party and Turkish Journalists' Association in 1946 . In: European Journal of Economic and Political Studies (2), 2009, pp. 145–160. ( PDF )