By Diyar Guldogan and Satuk Bugra Kutlugun
ANKARA (AA) - Twenty-five reporters from all over the world continued their training at Anadolu Agency’s 13th intensive war journalism program Monday.
The agency’s News Academy has organized the program in collaboration with the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and Turkish Police Academy.
Participants are being trained by Turkey’s military, police force, emergency services and public institutions based in Ankara.
Journalists from Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kenya, Kosovo, Ethiopia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Serbia are attending the program.
The program differs from other training programs in terms of duration, theoretical and practical course hours.
As part of the program, several subjects, including journalism, personal security, first aid, advanced driving techniques, water-survival techniques, survival during chemical and biological attacks and media management in hostile environments -- are being taught.
The 12-day program began on Oct. 9 and will continue until Friday.
Successful participants will be awarded internationally-recognized certificates at the end of their training.