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General Information

  The Faculty of Communication and Media Studies attempts to educate and graduate students, who are:

  • able to analyze sociologically, culturally, economically and politically
  • able to effectively use available communication technologies
  • critical of their respective profession and of world matters
  • creative thinkers
  • ethical and socially responsible
  • flexible enough to follow, update and apply the new developments in the industry of journalism; public relations and advertising; radio-television and visual communication.

About the Faculty

The Faculty of Communication and Media Studies houses Public Relations and Advertising; Journalism; Radio-Television and Film Studies and Visual Arts and Visual Communication . The Faculty brings forth a multinational mix of academics and students, therefore providing the students with a unique environment of multiculturalism and multilingualism. Additional to the respective department's course requirements, students can take elective and common courses to realize a multidimensional approach to Communication studies. Our Faculty features a Media Center and Public Relations and Advertising Project Center , additional to the in-house media EMU-TV, Radio EMU, Gundem Newspaper and GundemNet, currently on air and in publication. These facilities provide students with industrial professional experience. Furthermore, the Faculty offers Masters and PhD programs where students can develop their academic careers.

Educational Objectives

Our aim is to develop and successfully graduate students who have the required qualities of a global and national communication environment; who can comfortably use the new technologies available individually or together in a creative manner; who execute their industrial knowledge as critical thinkers with an ethical and social responsibility. By doing so, our students will be able to adapt to industry requirements of technological advancement as well as be creative and critical thinkers operating ethically and be defenders of freedom of speech while getting ready for their professional lives.

Academic Staff

Journalism

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman İrvan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hanife Aliefendioğlu (Graduate Coordinator)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wilbert Norman
Assist. Prof. Dr. Bekir Azgın (Vice Dean and Chair of JRN)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurten Kara
Assist. Prof. Dr. Levent Kavas
Ins. Başaran Düzgün (Part Time)                       
Ins. Fannos Droushiotis (Part Time)
Ins. Sevgül Uludağ (Part Time)         
Research Assist. Bahar Taşeli
Research Assist. Gülden Hacımevlüt
Research Assist. Alkan Muhtaroğlu
Research Assist. Darya Aleekseeva
(Part Time) 

Public Relations and Advertising

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tuğrul İlter
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Valerie Goby
Assist. Prof. Dr. Baruck Opiyo (Acting Chair of PRA)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Zerrin Kavas
Assist. Prof. Dr. Christopher Miles
Dr. Ülfet Kutoğlu
Ins. Agah Gümüş (Undergraduate Coordinator)
Ins. Umut Ayman
Ins. Serra İnci Çelebi
Assoc.Prof.Dr.Serra Görpe
(Part Time)
Assist.Prof.Dr.Carolina Petry
(Part Time)
Ins. Erhan İğdemir  
(Part Time)
Research Assist.
Nilüfer Türksoy
Research Assist. İpek Halim
Research Assist. Gülnara Karimova
Research Assist. Haris Kuric

Radio-TV and Film
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevda Alankuş (Acting Dean)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Pembe Behçetoğulları (Vice Chair of RTVF)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Mashoed Bailie
Assist. Prof. Dr. Bahire Özad
Assist. Prof. Dr. Peter Remington
Assist. Prof. Dr. Melek Atabey
(
Chair)
Sen.Ins. Denis Derleyen (Director of Radio EMU)
Specialist Tony Angastiniotis
Instr. Atiye Çırakoğlu
Instr. Reşit Biroğul
Instr. Altuğ Işığan
Instr. Ahmet Goran
Instr. Ozan Konrot
Instr. Hakan Öniz
Instr. Emel Güney
Research Assist. Yetin Arslan
Research Assist. Müge Orun
Research Assist. Özen Çatal
Research Assist. Behnam Rahmana (Dean’s Office)
Research Assist. Eda Hançer
Research Assist. Nazar Erişkin
Research Assist. Şevket Serkan Şen
Research Assist. Gerdi Biracı
Research Assist. Hilal Meriç
Research Assist. Koray Ekal
Research Assist. Erisela Marko

Visual Art and Visual Communication Design
Assist.Prof.Dr.Ümit İnatçı
Dr.Fırat Tüzünkan (Chair of VACD)
Research Assist. Aysu Arsoy
Research Assist. Roya Alagheband
Research Assist. Erdem Dağdemir