The International Press Institute (IPI) continues its Right to Information Training Series, organized in different cities across Türkiye. As part of the September program, IPI held a training session in Giresun, hosted by the Giresun Journalists’ Association.

Members of the Giresun Journalists’ Association, including Bekir Bayram, Hasan Seyis, Gönül Aydın, Kamil İşcan, Bekir Öztürk, Nihat Öztürk, Egemen Öğütçü, Serpil Gürgen, Erol Ayar, Faruk Yılancı, and Caner Ümit, attended the training.

The program was conducted by journalist Gülin Çavuş, journalist Damla Tarhan, and attorney Gökhan Tekşen, who are among the trainers involved in IPI’s educational programs. The sessions covered the right to information, its use in journalistic practices, press freedom, and journalists’ legal rights concerning access to and publication of information.

Participants were provided with practical examples on information request procedures, methods for obtaining information from public institutions, and legal issues encountered in journalistic activities. The program concluded with an interactive question-and-answer session.

At the end of the program, plaques prepared by Giresun Journalists’ Association President Bekir Bayram and Dr. İsmail Cem Feridunoğlu, President of the City Council and a faculty member in the Department of Journalism at Tirebolu Faculty of Communication, were presented to the trainers.