About the Association 

Association of Turkic Speaking News Agencies (TKA) was established in Ankara in November 1992 in an effort to inform the world at first hand and in an accurate and objective way on the news about the Turkic world, to establish cooperation between news agencies in the field of journalism and on technical matters and to develop mutual training opportunities.

The founding members of the association are Anadolu Ajansi (Turkey),  AzerTac (Azerbaijan), Kazinform (Kazakhstan), Kabar (Kyrgyzstan), Turkmenpres (Turkmenistan) and TAK (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus-TRNC).

AzerTAC holds the term presidency of the association for the 2008-2009 period.

Anadolu Ajansi is the Secretary-General of the association.