Malatya City Council Historical and Cultural Heritage Working Group Representative Orhan Tuğrulca, Historian Writer Nezir Kızılkaya, Historian Writer Bülent Korkmaz, Journalist Abdullah Ergül and Cultural Heritage School students attended the program.
Malatya City Council Historical and Cultural Activities Working Group Representative Orhan Tuğrulca said, “We are hosting our Historian Writer Nezir Kızılkaya in the third session of our Malatya Cultural Heritage School project. We discuss Malatya's history, culture and cultural heritage. We are trying to do good things regarding the identity and culture of our city. "We want to leave a new and beautiful legacy to our children and the generations after us," he said.
IN THE 1970'S, VERY GOOD JOURNALISTS STARTED TO GET UP IN MALATYA
Historian-Writer Nezir Kızılkaya said, “Newspapers started to be published in Malatya since 1923 and there was no interruption. Although there were problems in many provinces, it was never interrupted, even during the difficult years of the Second World War, when paper, ink and energy were scarce. "They enabled Malatya to exercise its right to receive information," he said.
Stating that there was activity in the local press in Malatya in the 1950s, Kızılkaya said, “Many newspapers started publishing in that period. High school students publish culturally targeted newspapers with their own pocket money. Of course, many newspapers and magazines close down due to financial difficulties. His 'Annual Studies' were published in 1967 and 1973. In the 1970s, journalism came to the fore. Very good journalists are starting to emerge in Malatya. Many of them serve in a way that proves themselves nationally and makes their presence felt. In the 1990s, books about press life were published by the General Directorate of Press and Publication. In the 1990s, we see that weekly newspapers covering Malatyaspor's matches end early in the morning. "In the 2000s, with the spread of the internet, the number of newspaper readers began to decline rapidly," he said.
Kızılkaya said, “I have digitized and archived approximately 1923-225 thousand local newspapers published since 230. "Local newspapers were fulfilling a very important function at that time," he said.
Historian Writer Nezir Kızılkaya signed his book Malatya Press History to the students participating in the Malatya Cultural Heritage School program. Malatya Press History program ended with a question and answer session.
