The title list for news and photo agencies is a provision that was rearranged in 2024.
The 2024 Amendment
By Article 4 of Presidential Decision No. 8624 published in the Official Gazette of 6/6/2024, No. 32568, the phrases “In newspapers published at fortnightly intervals and magazines published at intervals of more than 15 days” in the first and second paragraphs of Art. 24 were changed to “At news and photo agencies”.
The Definition of an Agency — Art. 4/i
News and photo agencies: private or semi-official organisations that carry out the gathering of news, photographs and footage in order to deliver the events occurring around the world and the country to their customers, primarily other media organisations, and that meet their costs by selling news, photographs and footage to their subscribers.
The Title List — Art. 24/1
| Sub-paragraph | Title(s) |
|---|---|
| a | The holder of the concession or the representative of the legal person |
| b | The editor-in-chief or general publication coordinator or general publication manager or publication director |
| c | The director general or institution manager or administrative manager or general coordinator |
| ç | The responsible editorial manager or responsible manager, on condition of residing in the place of administration of the agency |
| d | The news manager or editor or sub-editor or chief, on condition of working in one of the 17 news fields |
| e | The regional representative or provincial representative concerned with the news |
| f | The branch manager |
| g | The deputy branch manager |
| ğ | The intelligence and news section chief, or separately the intelligence section chief and the news section chief |
| h | The reporter |
| ı | The photojournalist |
| i | The news cameraman |
| j | The page secretary or the designer graphic artist taking part in the news field |
The Three-Tier Quota — Art. 24/2
| Sub-paragraph | Condition | Quota |
|---|---|---|
| a | A news/photograph contract with at least 10 daily political national/regional newspapers or 5 national radio or television organisations + at least 10 journalists on the staff who have previously held a press card and are subject to Law No. 5953 | No quota limitation; cards are also given to foreign bureaux |
| b | A contract with daily political newspapers whose total daily actual sales are not less than 250 thousand, or with 2 national radio/TV organisations + 5 journalists | The owner or representative + 18 employees; not given to foreign bureaux |
| c | Commercial and economic news/photograph agencies with 1,000 paying subscribers and at least 5 journalists employed | The owner or representative + 13 employees; not given to foreign bureaux |
The Titles Absent from the Agency List
Regular Publication at Agencies — Art. 4/g
For news and photo agencies the regular publication requirement is expressed in days, not issues: publication must not be interrupted for a total of more than two days within one year.
The Distinction from Anadolu Agency
Anadolu Agency has its own separate provision (Art. 23) with a four-grade title hierarchy. We covered the detail in press card titles at Anadolu Agency.
We covered the quota tiers in press card quotas for news agencies.
The Other Publication-Type Lists
- press-card-titles-at-daily-political-newspapers-turkey
- the-title-list-for-weekly-newspapers-and-magazines-turkey
- titles-at-non-political-newspapers-and-magazines-turkey
- titles-at-fortnightly-and-less-frequent-publications-turkey
- the-title-list-at-news-and-photo-agencies-turkey
- press-card-titles-at-anadolu-agency-turkey
- titles-eligible-for-a-press-card-at-trt-turkey
- the-title-list-at-radio-and-television-turkey
- the-title-list-at-internet-news-sites-turkey
Conclusion
The titles that may obtain a press card at news and photo agencies are listed in 13 sub-paragraphs in Art. 24/1, and the quota is set in three tiers in Art. 24/2. Article 24 was converted by Presidential Decision No. 8624 of 6/6/2024 from the provision on fortnightly publications into the provision on agencies.