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Anadolu Ajansı (AA) was established on 6 April 1920 in Ankara during the period of Türkiye’s War of Independence. The agency’s founding arose from the need for an independent news source to serve as an alternative to the press under censorship following the occupation of Istanbul. This initiative, led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha, aimed to inform the public accurately and amplify the voice of the National Struggle from Anatolia. Journalist Yunus Nadi (Abalıoğlu) and writer Halide Edip (Adıvar) played

Alaeddin Bey is a jurist and bureaucrat who served as the first general manager of Anadolu Agency after it gained autonomous status. He undertook important duties in the field of press and publishing during Turkey's National Struggle years and in the early Republican period; he particularly managed the institutionalization process of Anadolu Agency.LifeBorn in Konya in 1889, Alaeddin Bey is the son of Mehmet Şemseddin Bey, one of the Düyun-u Umumiye ministers. After completing Konya Idadi, he gr