TOBB, BYEGM to provide free foreign language education to members of the media

The deputy director general of Turkey's Directorate General of Press and Information (BYEGM), Salih Melek and Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the head of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB), yesterday signed a protocol to provide free foreign language education to members of the media working for national as well as local outlets. A signing ceremony held at TOBB's Ankara headquarters was attended by State Minister Mehmet Aydın, TOBB Media and Communication Council (TOBBMIM) head Vahap Munyar, and members of the council. Under the project, 100 members of the media � half from national and half from local outlets � selected by governor's offices will take foreign language course for three months, the most successful of whom will go on to receive further instruction in London and Washington.