Firatnews Agency

The Firatnews Agency ( kurd. Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê, abbreviation ANF) is a Kurdish news agency. It provides news in five languages ​​( Kurdish, Turkish, English, Arabic and Persian). The agency reports focused on the Kurds and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK ). In the media and in the German security authorities shall be deemed PKK close. The PKK published on the website of the Agency organizational messages and can announce about Firatnews their claims, such as " their political conditions for an end to the hostage-taking " German mountaineers in 2008.

In 2013, the Firatnews journalist Zeynep Kuray with the " John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award" from the National Press Club in Washington DC excellent. Zeynep Kuray was repeatedly detained under the " KCK " process and was unable to due to pending court proceedings do not answer personally the price.

The Agency Firatnews has its headquarters in the Netherlands. Join the Agency in Amsterdam under the name " Stichting Persbureau Eufraat ". The current news director called Celil Demiralp.