Prof. Dr. Korkmaz Alemdar talked about how Turkish press law has progressed over the years at the Turkish Press Law workshop held in the Press House as part of the Democracy for Media/Media for Democracy Program (M4D).

The workshop was attended by Association of Journalists chairman Nazmi Bilgin, Association of Journalists vice chairman and M4D Program Director Yusuf Kanlı, M4D Assistant Program Director Seva Ülman Erten, and faculty member Hülya Eraslan. The workshop was attended by journalists and faculty of communication students as well.

Kanlı, who made the opening speech at the workshop, gave brief information about the M4D program, and emphasized that a democratic media can only exist through a fair legal system. Kanlı stated “Therefore, not only journalists of today but the journalists of tomorrow should be well versed in communication law.”