Anadolu Ajansı (AA) was founded on April 6, 1920, under the directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and upon the initiative of leading intellectuals such as Halide Edib Adıvar and Yunus Nadi, during the most critical days of the Turkish War of Independence. The Agency was established to bring the Turkish nation’s struggle for independence to the world’s attention and to counter a coordinated campaign of disinformation targeting the national resistance.
Today, Anadolu continues its deep-rooted tr ...