Turkish-German media representatives discuss dialogue issue

Organized by Directorate General of Press and Information, The Turkish Research Center Foundation and Friedrich Naumann Foundation, the 8th Turkish-German Media Dialogue Symposium Meeting was held in Antalya on May 15-18. Press members from Turkey, Germany and Switzerland attended the meeting. Four separate sessions entitled "Turkey's image in the German media," "Europe's image in the Turkish media," "Ways to improve news contents," "Turkey's EU membership process in media," "Turkey's EU membership in terms of media" were held as part of the three-day gathering. The Turkish Research Center Foundation Director Faruk Sen and Friedrich Naumann Foundation Director Jörg Dehner and Directorate General of Press and Information General Director Salih Melek delivered welcome speeches at the opening of the symposium. At the closing session, Cumhuriyet daily's assistant editor Guray Oz and German Focus Magazine Foreign News Redactor Andrea Claudia Hoffman talked about the topic of "How well do we know each other?"