Press Club Briefing

Turkey’s elections debriefing : journalists and trade unionists’ perspective for the upcoming EU-Turkey’s relations

on Thursday 5 November 2015 at 10:00

Press Club Brussels Europe

Rue Froissart, 95 – 1040  Brussels

Overview and speakers

• Anthony Bellanger, IFJ General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists
• Ugur Güç, TGS President, Journalists’ Union of Turkey
• Gökhan Durmus, journalist at Evrensel newspaper and TGS Istanbul branch

  Oliver Money-Kyrle, IFJ Ass. General Secretary

• moderated by Pamela Morinière, IFJ Press Officer and Mehmet Koksal, Journalist and Project Officer, European Federation of Journalists

Aims of the event

• To analyse the results of the November 1st general elections in Turkey and its implications for the EU-Turkey relations.
• To give a trade unionists and journalists perspective to the elections focusing on press freedom issues.

  To comment the publication of the EU Progress Reports and its impact for the peoples in Turkey

The press conference will be conducted primarily in English and in Turkish (passive).

The event will be followed by a networking drink.

An excellent attendance is expected at the Press Club Brussels-Europe. The audience will be a mix between EU press correspondents, journalists, trade unionists, interested MEPs and EU officials, members of the wider Brussels diplomatic corps and interested parties from the private NGO’s.

Press Club Brussels Europe

95, rue Froissart -1040 Brussels

02/ 201 37 05

www.pressclub.be

 
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