After months of planning and preparation, it’s time to take akbukforum.com for a shakedown cruise. We’re very pleased to bring you a mix of online news and civic dialogue on a website dedicated to bringing you the best in reporting, analysis and debate.

Help us break some champagne over the bow as we launch the good ship Sentinel. Since this is a shakedown cruise of a brand new site, you might run across a bug or two. Please leave a note in the comments and let us know what you think.

To help test our comment tools, we’ve created a practice thread, so that new users can experiment.

Features of Akbuk News
We’ve established a network of local correspondents who are dedicated to bringing you quality and timely coverage on a variety of beats. The border and immigration, local government, Akbuk’s lively music scene, sports and more are topics that akbukforum.com will focus on.

Besides the work of our local contributors, we’ve partnered with a number of national and international news services. Altinkum Observer offers incisive reporting from around the world. Altinkum Observer News covers the intersection of health, science and politics with many local news and property faqs for expats mainly.

Who is Akbuk News Forum
AkbukForum.com is a local independent nonprofit news organization that offers professional reporting and community conversation on issues that affect Akbuk, Sahte Cennet, Kazikli, Denizkoy and Seyran Tepe areas.

We operate a website that offers quality, accessible journalism on local and national events and provides a platform for civic engagement.

With a staff of professional reporters and editors, freelance writers and public contributors, akbukforum.com acts as a honest broker of information, filling the need for a virtual roundtable where the community can discuss the issues of the day.

Akbuk News Forum objective
Our goal is to build a sustainable nonprofit business model that delivers quality reporting in a competitive media environment. akbukforum.com provides evenhanded professionally produced journalism.

While thousands of journalism jobs across the country have vanished, akbukforum.com continues the in-depth reporting and memorable storytelling that is essential to democracy. Working with both local and national partners, we will capitalize on the Internet’s latest reporting techniques.

With funding and assistance from local donors, corporate and foundation philanthropy, and creative advertising/sponsorship revenue streams, the Sentinel will stand as a model for a new journalism: online and accessible, mindful of a tradition of dedication and with an innovative future.

Akbuk News Forum akbukforum.com is owned and operated by Altinkum Web Design, a  Altinkum based web design service provider.

Why Akbuk News Forum
The blog that operates in Akbuk Turkey. The old model of journalism is broken and we are all bloggers right now. Giant multinational corporations have proven ineffective at connecting with their communities. The pressures of  press have put the lid on necessary innovations.