Chamber of City Planners, an organization under the umbrella of Turkey’s TMMOB, awarded bianet with its annual prize in “Urban Planning Media”.
Every year on November 8 - World Urban Day - the chamber awards distinguished journalists for “their contribution to the urban culture and conscious as well as their coverage on urban issues and their sensitivity towards city planner’s opinions”.
A ceremony has been held on Friday in Izmir’s 9 Eylül University. bianet editor Nilay Vardar attended the ceremony to receive the prize.
Other prize recipients were listed as follows: Elif Ince (Radikal newspaper), Söz Meclisten İçeri program (Ege TV), Açık Radyo, Mustafa Yılmaz (Milliyet newspaper) and Abdullah Yalçın (Antalya Körfez newspaper). (NV/BM)
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