New Media Ethics Council members begin work in North Cyprus

New members have been appointed to North Cyprus’s Media Ethics Council, with the incoming group beginning its duties on the day the appointments were announced, the Turkish Cypriot Journalists Association said.

According to the association’s announcement, the council was formed following consultations coordinated under the Media Ethics Council Declaration and relevant regulations. The appointments bring together representatives of journalists’ organisations, the legal profession and university communication faculties.

The members named are Ulaş Barış, Mustafa Gürsel and Fatma Arpalıklı for the Turkish Cypriot Journalists Association; Tümay Tuğyan for Basın-Sen; Deniz Düzgün for the Turkish Cypriot Bar Association; Bahar Taşeli for the International Cyprus University Faculty of Communication; and Oshan Uluşan for the Near East University Faculty of Communication.

The association said the council is responsible for protecting and developing media ethics, raising professional standards and strengthening self-regulation in journalism through its autonomous structure.