Meet our Speakers: Tümay Tuğyan

🕊️ We are excited to announce our second speaker - an established adn inspiring journalist, that combines her seminal work with the promotion of peace and reconciliation ❗️

🎙️ Tümay Tuğyan is a journalist at Yenidüzen newspaper. She began her career as a reporter in 1998 and has since worked in various roles across print and television journalism, specializing in the Cyprus issue.

Over the years, Tuğyan has been actively engaged in efforts to promote peacebuilding and reconciliation between the two communities in Cyprus, exploring the role of media in fostering dialogue, mutual understanding and a culture of peace. She is also an advocate for rights-based journalism, with a particular focus on women’s and children’s rights.

She currently serves as the President of the Media Ethics Committee and as the Organization Secretary of the Press Workers’ Union (BASIN-SEN) in northern Cyprus. She has received four awards for her work in television news programming.