Medialog Platform hosted a group of journalists from Albania on 24th October 2011 at the headquarters of Journalists and Writers Foundation.

Medialog organized a workshop in which Turkish international and domestic policies were discussed after the presentions of two Turkish journalists Yavuz Baydar and Mustafa Akyol.

Medialog Secretray General Erkam Tufan Aytav moderated the program in two sessions. Speaker of the first session was Yavuz Baydar from Sabah daily. Baydar made his presentation, “Media’s Role in the Demoratization Process of Turkey”, through a historical perspective.
During the second session, Mustafa akyol from Star daily, talked about Turkey’s foreign policies, its “regional leadership”, whether it could be a “role model for the Middleeast” and the “European Union process”.

Media Members from Albania:

• Sokol Balla: Producer of a tv program on politics on Top-Channel in Albania.
• Mentor Kikia: News Managers of Top-Channel.
• Lutfi Dervishi: Commentor on television and Manager of Transparancy International Albania.
• Andi Tela: General Manager of the best selling paper of Panorama.
• Redi Gjuzi: Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Panorama.
• Sali Juniku: Columnist for sports at Top-Channel.
• Servet Gurra: Chief editor internet news portal gazetastart.com.
• Ramadan Çipuri: Bedir University, Chair of the Department of Journalism.
• Nuh Tokcelik: Prizmi Dialogue Center Manager.