Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), Faculty of Communication obtained great success at the 34th Türkiye Journalists’ Society (TJS) Aydın Doğan Young Communicators Competition organized by the Aydın Doğan Foundation. At the Awards Ceremony held on Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 05:00 p.m. at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel, EMU Faculty of Communication student Hatice Melisa Santürk was presented with third place award in the Internet Publications category.
EMU Faculty of Communication Dean Prof. Dr. Metin Ersoy, Project Advisor İhrahim Emre Sügel and Media and Journalism Department and Department of Television and Cinema Double Major student award winner Hatice Melisa Santürk attended the Awards ceremony.
Participating in the competition with her “Ecological Echos” website designed to raise environmental awareness, Santürk expressed her excitement and said, “I am deeply honored and happy to receive this award. I would like to express my gratitude to my valuable mentors, İbrahim Emre Sügel and Prof. Dr. Metin Ersoy, and to everyone who contributed. My wish is to continue producing, researching, and sharing without ever giving up”.
“So Proud of EMU!”
Making remarks on the topic, the Dean of EMU Faculty of Communication, Prof. Dr. Ersoy, said; “Our Melisa has brought an award to the EMU Faculty of Communication in the field of Internet Broadcasting at the Türkiye Journalists’ Society Aydın Doğan Young Communicators Competition. We thank Melisa for giving us this wonderful success. We’re so proud of EMU!"”.
Aydın Doğan Young Communicators Competition
Organized every year, the Aydın Doğan Young Communicators Competition is one of Türkiye’s most respected contests for emerging communicators. It allows university students to demonstrate their skills in the media sector and seeks to inspire young communicators through awards in categories such as print, visual, audio, and digital media.