The Cihan News Agency is a Turkish

Turkey

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 news agency based in Istanbul

Istanbul

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The agency, established in 1994, is part of Feza Media Corp, which also owns Zaman newspaper

Zaman (newspaper)

Zaman is a major, high-circulation daily newspaper in Turkey. It was founded in 1986 and was the first Turkish daily to go online in 1995. It contains national , international, business and other news...

 and AKSIYON, a weekly news magazine. Cihan which is producing news in the fields of current events, politics, economy, foreign news, art-magazine and sports, is daily servicing approximately 450 written news, 315 photos and 100 video news.

Services

Cihan News Agency, provides news services to 78 percent of national newspapers and 53 percent of national televisions in Turkey. The agency is also firmly established on the local level with many subscribers among local TV and radio stations, newspapers and with its numerous local joint broadcasting projects. Cihan is also providing news and technical opportunities to over 100 foreign television channels. Some of the channels, which are co-operating with Cihan are as CNN International

CNN International

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, BBC

BBC

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, NBC

NBC

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, MTV

MTV

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, CBS

CBS

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, ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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, Al-Jazeera, Abu Dhabi Tv

Abu Dhabi TV

Abu Dhabi Al Oula is an Arabic television station that originally launched in 1969 but was re-launched in 2000 and again in 2008. It broadcasts from Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates and is owned by Abu Dhabi Media Company...

, ARD, ZDF, SAT 1, TF1, Canal +, RAI, Tve, Antena 3

Antena 3 (Spain)

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, TV2 Denmark, Nos Tv, MJTV, NTV Japan, KBS, NTV Russia

NTV Russia

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, TV6

TV6

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, IRIB, MEGA Channel

Mega Channel

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, Bloomberg, MSMBC, ANS, Lider Tv

Lider TV

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Cihan has 520 personnel working in 81 provinces and 284 counties of Turkey. Cihan News Agency has correspondents in Central Asia

Central Asia

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, the Middle East

Middle East

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, the Balkan States, Europe

Europe

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, South America

South America

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, Africa

Africa

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 and the Far East

Far East

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, totaling 25 offices and 37 correspondents in different countries. Maintaining permanent offices in hot spots like Gaza

Gaza

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, Arbil

Arbil

Arbil / Hewlêr is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul...

 and Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

, Cihan is broadcasting live and dispatching recordings from these countries to international media organisations.

External links

• Cihan News Agency
• Cihan Media Service