Cyprus Foreign Press Association Dış Basın Birliği

About

The Cyprus Foreign Press Association (DBB) brings together the representatives and correspondents of foreign media organisations working in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Since its founding, the association has taken a leading role in making the just cause of the Turkish Cypriot people known outside the TRNC, above all in Turkey. Our members are journalists who report developments on the island to newspapers, agencies, television channels and digital outlets in many countries.

The DBB aims to improve its members’ working conditions, defend press freedom, provide guidance on professional practice and strengthen solidarity between local and foreign members of the press.

The garden of the Foreign Press Association

Our history

The Foreign Press Association was founded on 15 February 1992. Its founding committee also formed the association’s first board.

  • Özer HatayPresident
  • Metin ÇetinVice President
  • Ahmet YabuloğluGeneral Secretary
  • Akay CemalForeign Relations Secretary
  • Asım ArslanTreasurer

Founding members

The 23 people who signed the association’s founding document.

  1. Akay Cemal
  2. Mesut Günsev
  3. Reşat Akar
  4. Ahmet Yabuloğlu
  5. Hüseyin Alkan
  6. A. Teoman Turan
  7. Sevinç Karabacak
  8. Özer Hatay
  9. Rahmi Özyazgan
  10. Metin Çetin
  11. Özcan Özcanhan
  12. Çağlayan Tunç
  13. Abdullah Azizoğlu
  14. Emir Ersoy
  15. Hakkı Yazgan
  16. Muammer Yağcıoğlu
  17. Yakup Işık
  18. Erhan Arıklı
  19. Nazmi Arif
  20. Hüsrev Çağın
  21. Sabahattin Egeli
  22. İhsan İnal
  23. Hamza Avcı

Our mission

  • Working conditions

    Improving the working conditions of our members is our first priority.

  • Press freedom

    We work to ensure our members can practise journalism and that press freedom becomes institutionalised. We encourage employees of organisations broadcasting abroad to come together.

  • Professional guidance

    We guide our members so that professional practice is carried out in keeping with the dignity of journalism.

  • Rights and solidarity

    We protect our members’ rights, develop their social and professional relationships, and build solidarity between local and foreign members of the press.