“Individual Disarmament and News on Violence in Turkey”
Local Media 6^th Training Seminar in Gaziantep…

6^th of Local Media Training on “Individual Disarmament and News on Violence in Turkey” will be held at
Dedeman Hotel in Gaziantep on Sunday December 6^th, 2009.

All journalists from Gaziantep, Kilis, Kahramanmaraþ, Osmaniye, Þanlýurfa, Adýyaman, Adana, Malatya and Hatay are invited to the training…

 Local Media Training Programs on “Individual Disarmament and News on Violence in Turkey”, which we, as Umut Foundation, initiated to make sure that the media, the fourth power, approaches the reflection of incidents related to violence and individual armament to the community with objective and professional criticism, have been continuing since 2007.

Previously, we have held these trainings in Diyarbakýr, Rize, Eskiþehir, Hatay and Kars; sixth of these trainings will be held at Dedeman Hotel in Gaziantep on Sunday December 6^th, 2009. The training program, which all journalists from Gaziantep, Kilis, Kahramanmaraþ, Osmaniye, Þanlýurfa, Adýyaman, Adana, Malatya and Hatay are invited to, will last for 1 day.

The schedule of the training program supported by the Friedreich Ebert Stiftung Association is constituted of 3 sections. In the morning session which will begin with the opening speeches, generally principles of journalism, media news on violence in terms of ethics and news on violence in terms of fear of crime will be discussed. In the second session, individual disarmament in terms of the right to live and the discourse of hatred in the media, as well as news on violence and the ethics issue in Germany in comparison with Turkey will be discussed.

In the final “Debate” session moderated by Nail Güreli, “Local Media’s View of Violence Reporting” will be discussed. The seminar will end with the certificate ceremony.

The detailed schedule is as follows: 

Local Media Seminar on “Individual Disarmament and News on Violence in Turkey”

Sunday, December 6^th      /         Gaziantep Dedeman Hotel

SCHEDULE 

09:30                    Check-in and Serving

10:00                    Opening Speeches

Nazire Dedeman, Founding President of Umut Foundation

Bettina Luise Rürup, Turkey Representative of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Süleyman Kamçý, Gaziantep Governor

SESSION I 

10:15                     Session Moderator:  Yusuf Aðýr, Journalist

10:25                     How is critical journalism that is sensitive about social problems performed?

                               Nail Güreli, Honorary Trustee of Umut Foundation, Journalist at Milliyet Newspaper

10:45                     Journalists’ Approach to News on Violence within the framework of Principles of Journalism and the Declaration of Rights and Responsibilities by the Turkish Association of Journalists

                               Dr. Recep Yaþar, Turkish Association of Journalists

11:05                     Media Literacy: What is a journalist’s media literacy?

                               Associate Prof. Dr. Abdulrezak Altun, Academician at Communication Faculty, Ankara University

11:25                     Crimes of Hatred

                               Adv. Fikret Ýlkiz, Trustee and Board Member of Umut Foundation

11:45                     News on Violence in Media in terms of Reflection of Fear of Crime

                               Prof. Dr. Timur Demirbaþ, Board Member of Umut Foundation, Academician at Faculty of Law, Bahçeþehir University

12:05                     Lunch

SESSION II

13:30                     Session Moderator:  Cengiz Halil Çiçek, Journalist

13:40                    Individual Disarmament in terms of Right to Live: Situation in Turkey and Responsibilities of the Media

                               Psychiatrist Dr. Ayhan Akcan, Board Member of Umut Foundation

14:00                     A New Type of Journalism/Journalism of Peace as a New Type of Journalism

                               Associate Prof. Dr. Ýncilay Cangöz, Academician at Faculty of Communication, Eskiþehir Anatolian University

14:20                     Origins of Problems in Domestic Violence News and Recommendations

                               Associate Prof. Dr. Mine Gencel Bek, Academician at Faculty of Communication, Ankara University

14:40                     News on Violence and Ethics in Germany: Comparison with Turkey

                               Stefan Hibbeler, Istanbulpost Newspaper (German-Turkish)

15:00                     Evaluation of News on Violence in terms of Editorial Aspects: Experiences from Mainstream Media

                               Ertuðrul Mavioðlu, News Coordinator at Radikal Newspaper

15:40                     Coffee Break

SESSION III: DEBATE

16:00                     Local Media’s View of Violence Reporting

                               Moderator: Nail Güreli

17:00                     General Assessment

17:15                     Certificate Ceremony