President Eresin Attended the Economic Press Achievement Awards Ceremony...

The winners of the Economic Press Achievement Awards, organized this year for the 15th time by the Economy Journalists Association (EGD), received their awards at a ceremony held at the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce with the participation of numerous representatives from the business, trade, civil society and media sectors. The opening speech of the ceremony was delivered by EGD Chairman of the Board Recep Erçin and İTO President Şekib Avdagiç.

TÜROB President Müberra Eresin, who attended the ceremony and delivered a speech, emphasized the importance of the economic press for the sector, noting that especially during the pandemic period the economic press provided one of the greatest forms of support by reflecting the demands of hotels, and in this regard she thanked the EGD and its members and congratulated the award winners.

The winners of the 15th EGD Economic Press Achievement Awards:

*Best news and investigation (print press): Taylan Büyükşahin of Sözcü newspaper, with the story "We sell electricity to citizens at a high price and export it cheaply."

*Best news and investigation (internet): Kerim Ülker of Dunya.com, with the story "TMSF sold, TMSF bought."

*Best news investigation (TV): Can Özçelik of OdaTV, with the story "Mehmet Cengiz."

*Interview/report (print press): Şehriban Kıraç of Cumhuriyet, with the interview "Antakya Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Hikmet Çinçin: We were forgotten after the election."

*Interview/report (TV): Belgin Yakışan Mutlu of TRT Haber, with the interview "Jim Rogers."

*Columnist of the year: Cumhuriyet newspaper writer Özlem Yüzak.

*Economy program of the year (TV): Faruk Erdem of A Para, with "Ask Us."

*Economy program of the year (radio): Abdulvahap Kartal of TRT Radio, with "Ideas Come to Life."

*Esen Salihoğlu Local Press Award: Kenan Yeşil, with his story titled "200 years of history lost to the crisis" in Yeni Bakış.

*Nezih Demirkent Special Award: Deniz Bilici Göçmen of Sözcü newspaper, with the story "You cannot ask me about the building."

*Namık Ahıska Special Award: Betül Alakent of Sabah newspaper, with the story "In the private sector, teachers' salaries are below babysitters' salaries."

*Bülent Yardımcı Special Award: Arzu Kurum of Akşam newspaper, with the story "If you give me 150,000 TL, I'll move out."

*Barış Bektaş Graphic Design Special Award: Seçil Kaya of Sabah newspaper, with the news design "They clung to coal while fleeing from Putin."

*Metiner Sezer Jury Encouragement Award: Ali Can Polat of Cumhuriyet newspaper, with the story "Hope emerged from the destruction."