Anadolu Agency touts Islamic news service in Jakarta

JAKARTA (AA) – Two top Anadolu Agency officials presented its new Islamic World News Package in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday.

The agency’s Deputy Director General Mustafa Ozkaya and International News Editor-in-Chief Faruk Tokat met with Aat Surga Safaat, the editor-in-chief of Indonesia’s official news agency Antara, to discuss an agreement signed last year allowing the two news agencies to exchange reporters and training.

Under the agreement, Antara reporters will be able to work in Anadolu Agency’s Istanbul and Ankara bureaus, Ozkaya said, adding that Anadolu is ready for cooperation to strengthen the agreement.

"Ozkaya invited Antara News Agency reporters to Anadolu Agency’s Turkey bureaus. We believe that our reporters’ knowledge and experience will progress through the exchange program," Safaat said.

- Meeting with NGOs

Representing Turkey at this week’s International Islamic Media Conference in Jakarta, Ozkaya and Tokat met with Indonesia’s leading NGO representatives to discuss Anadolu Agency’s soon-to-be-launched Islamic World News Package.

The meeting, attended by representatives from Indonesia’s largest Islamic organizations, including Nahdatul Ulama, Muhammadiyah, Dakwah and PKPU, discussed Indonesian-Turkish relations and Anadolu Agency’s role in reporting news from the Islamic world.