The workshop titled “Public Relations and Journalism Relations in Turkey: Problems and Solutions,” hosted by Istanbul Aydın University and bringing together leading names in the industry, took place on Thursday, March 7, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Organized by the Department of Public Relations and Advertising and the Department of Journalism of the Faculty of Communication in collaboration with leading professional associations in the sector, the workshop aimed to analyze the current state of the public relations and journalism professions, discuss the problems identified through the situation analysis, and present solutions to these problems. and to evaluate new relationship and revenue models within the context of professional ethics.
The sessions, moderated by Associate Professor Deniz Akbulut, Head of the Public Relations and Advertising Department, and Associate Professor Sertaç Kaya, Head of the Journalism Department, discussed the dimensions of the relationship between the professions of public relations and journalism, as well as the changing media landscape and new revenue models. Representatives from the Turkish Public Relations Association, the Association of Corporate Communicators, the Association of Communication Consultancies, the Association of Economic Journalists, the Turkish Journalists’ Union, and the Ankara Journalists’ Association participated in the workshop. Belma Akçura, Prof. Dr. Süleyman İrvan, Recep Erçin, Can Uğur, Serhat Özkütükcü, Kenan Şener, Ekrem Uca, Dilan Baransel, Gökhan Durmuş, and Ahmet Yeşiltepe, who are leading journalists, academics, and industry professionals in their fields. The workshop report will be shared with the public in the coming days.
