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The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) unveiled a National Press Club in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday. BTA is not only making a full comeback to Ankara but is also expanding its presence in Turkiye with a National Press Club, BTA Director General Kiril Valchev said in his opening remarks.  

BTA is planning to have such press clubs in all neighboring countries, as well as in countries with large Bulgarian communities. Ankara is the fifth - after Skopje (Republic of North Macedonia), Bucharest (Romania), Bosilegrad (Serbia) and Taraclia (Moldova), said the Director General.

"A changed BTA has returned to Ankara after 30 years on the day that a century ago Ataturk returned to Turkiye from Bulgaria," Valchev added.

In her remarks at the opening event, Bulgarian Vice President Iliana Iotova likened BTA to colour X-ray image of the world around us.

Attending the opening event were also Bulgaria's Ambassador to Turkiye Angel Cholakov, Bulgaria's Consul General in Istanbul Vassil Valchev, the Consul General in Edirne Borislav Dimitrov, Bulgarian National Radio Director General Milen Mitev and Anadolu Agency Director Serdar Karagoz.

A documentary exhibition of the Bulgarian Archives State Agency dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was unveiled on the sidelines of the opening of the BTA National Press Club in Ankara. It shows photographs and documents of the time that the founding father of the Republic of Turkiye spent in Sofia between 27 October 1913 and 2 February 1915.

BTA's Ankara correspondent is Nora Cholakova.

BTA also has press clubs in Skopje (Republic of North Macedonia), Bucharest (Romania), Bosilegrad (Serbia), and Taraclia (Moldova). 

In addition to the five overseas press clubs, BTA also has one on the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii, which set sail for Antarctica on December 27, 2022.

Opening new press clubs is part of the Agency's policy under the brand BTA National Press Club. The goal is to establish them as places for communication between media and representatives of business, politics, culture and sport. Press conferences, discussions, exhibitions, and other events are organized there, during which institutions, organisations and citizens can send messages and make announcements.