İHA – a pioneer of firsts. The news agency is a reliable source of news for over 2,000 Turkish media organizations, including newspapers, TV channels, and websites that may pursue different publishing principles.

As the first visual journalism agency in the private sector, İHA – İhlas Haber Ajansı A.Ş. tireless efforts to advance its remarkable achievements are reflected in its figures. The unique collaborative approach adopted by its team is unprecedented in Türkiye. İHA has advanced steadily since its founding in 1994, delivering approximately 300 videos, 1,000 news articles, and 3,000 photos daily to newspapers, TV channels, websites, social media, and organizations that subscribe to İHA. Content is provided via satellite and over the internet, obtained from 460 cameras and 320 digital cameras.

Live and Fast Broadcasting
İHA is one of the strongest agencies in the region. Using its technical infrastructures, located in various different countries, it is able to quickly access
news and broadcast it live. This capacity aids its professional reputation and ability.

İHA operates across 27 regional directoratesand domestic offices located across Türkiye’s 81 provinces. With 2,100 subscribers worldwide, İHA’s team of over 850 professionals provide technical B2B services to 376 TV channels across 160 locations in 58 countries. In doing so, it serves as a model for principled, fast, and accurate journalism.

True to its principled approach, it has kept up its efforts to improve its organizational capabilities and make sustained technological investments. İHA is one of the most effective news agencies worldwide in terms of its live broadcasting vehicles and 4.5G live broadcasting equipment. Using over 100 drones, İHA redefines news reporting, quickly reaching news sources, broadcasting live, and dissminating these broadcasts worldwide via satellite.

As the first agency to archive its videos digitally, İHA has a library of more than 1.53 million videos and over 6.5 million pieces of digitized news.

World News on İHA…
İHA has broadened its range of services by enhancing its technological infrastructure, adapting its areas of activity to meet the demands of a changing global context. Focusing particularly on regions such as Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Greece, Kosovo, Israel, Palestine, and the Central Asian Turkic republics, İHA moves extremely swiftly.

It maintains its superiority over its domestic competitors while continuing to serve as an important news source for the countries in the region. During the war in Iraq, it achieved groundbreaking broadcasting success by operating effectively across all regions affected by the war, using numerous satellite uplink systems and news teams to do so. By expanding its reach amid the dynamics of post-war security, sectarian conflicts, and new political formations, it stood out as a provider of news and broadcasting services in the Iraq region.

İHA has succesfully pursued its mission of delivering news to the public accurately and objectively, maintaining its pioneering role. The news agency is a reliable source of news for over 2,000 Turkish media organizations, including newspapers, TV channels, and websites that may pursue different publishing principles.

İHA Began Trading on BIST…
The demand for İHA shares, which went public through the book-building method on October 26–27, 2021, was 10.6 times the available supply. Following the Gong Ceremony on November 3, 2021, company shares began trading on BIST under the ticker IHAAS. As of the end of 2023, İhlas Journalism holds 16.40 percent of shares in İHA – İhlas Haber Ajansı A.Ş., İhlas Yayın Holding holds 49.22 percent of shares, and the free float ratio is 34.38 percent.

Sustainable Leadership in Corporate News
İHA focuses on the growing corporate news industry in Türkiye by providing media coverage for a wide range of activities, from NGO events to public
and private sector organizations, through special production work. İHA’s self-produced live broadcast vehicles allow it to extend its services to various regions in Türkiye and the rest of the world. Playing a pioneering role in the live broadcasts of various events such as congresses, festivals, health tourism, and private events (through teleconferencing), İHA remains Türkiye’s primary news source.

Since the early 2000s, with the mission to further expand the regions it serves and enhance the quality it offers, İHA has been providing broadcasting and technical services via vendors in key centers such as Washington, London, Berlin, Athens, Kabul, and Paris. İHA also serves all its customers in Türkiye and abroad through its modern studios in Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara, and Gaziantep.