Supreme Council of Broadcasting has organized the fourth workshop ‘Communication in the Future’ to give information about the activities of the council to the students of communication from Turkey and Turkish speaking countries.

The workshop organized by the Supreme Council of Broadcasting (YYK) and RTÜK will start with a panel ‘Protection of the Young Children in Turkey and Turkish speaking countries’ on 4 May 2012 at the GAU Millenium Congress Hall at 11:00. Vice chair of YYK, İlkay Diren will act as moderator and Dimitri Kirchu, Batgerel Batkhuyag, Assemgül Zhumagulova and Yusuf Emini will participate as speakers.

At the opening, Prime Minister İrsen Küçük, Ambassador to Turkey Halil İbrahim Akça, Finance Minister Ersin Tatar, Head of RTÜK Prof. Dr. Davut Dursun, President of YYK Olgun Üstün, for graduate students Makedon Murteza Sılooca and Afgan Shlahsor made a speech.

Workshop will continue until 5 May 2012 and Girne American University, Near East University, European University of Lefke, International Cyprus University and Eastern Mediterranean University are going to attend to the workshop.

Students from Kosovo, Romania, Moldavia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Kirgizstan, Bulgaria, China, Macedonia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Tatary are attending the workshop as well.

Opening of workshop has been live broadcasted in BRT and TRT
Prime Minister Küçük has stated: “Every international activity in nation will make important contribution to the TRNC’s recognition. Students being educated in both Turkey and TRNC also help for recognition of countries”
Olgun Üstün: “We aim to add Media Literacy lesson to our school curricula in 2012-2013 education period”

President of YYK Olgun Üstün stated that workshop was organized in TRNC to help visual and audial media development while broadcasting and raising awareness of students who are educated in communication.

Supreme Council of Broadcasting checks through 30 TV and 44 licensed radio channels. Üstün further stated that their broadcasting policy is to prevent broadcasts which could negatively affect physical, emotional, mental and moral development of children and teenagers”. He also said that “We are aiming to transmit broadcasts to society which are courteous, principled, and suitable to individual and society rights and development of our children. With the development of democracy and multivocality, we are aiming to create a gracious broadcasting sector.