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Our final year students from the Faculty of Communication, Public Relations and Advertising Department presented their thesis studies they carried out with their advisors in front of the jury within the scope of "Graduation Projects" held at Istinye University Vadi Campus Conference Hall between June 1-2.

Organized by Istinye University Faculty of Communication, the 3rd International Media and Society Symposium was held on 24-25-26 May 2023 with the title of Digital Culture. Paper presentations, exhibitions and workshops were organized within the scope of the symposium, which was held as a hybrid.

"Communication Campaigns" training was given to high school students in the "Social Campaign" category within the scope of the "Health Envoys Training Program" by Yalçın Kırdar, Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Head of Public Relations and Advertising Department of Istinye University, and Research Assistant Aziz Arslan. After this training process, the awards were given to their owners in the 'Health Envoys Training Program' initiated by the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education and İstinye University (İSU) on Monday, May 25, 2023, at the İstinye University Topkapı Campus Congress Center.

Organized by Istinye University Faculty of Communication, the 3rd International Media and Society Symposium was held on 24-25-26 May 2023 with the title of Digital Culture. Exhibitions and workshops were organized within the scope of the symposium, which was held as a hybrid.

The opening session, which started at 10:00 on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, was held at the Vadi Campus Conference Hall and online on the zoom platform. In the opening session that started under the chairmanship of faculty member Prof Nezih Erdoğan; Vincent Miller, Sevinç Gülseçen, Scott R. Rettberg and Mutlu Binark attended as invited speakers. From the second day of the symposium, the sessions continued online. Many papers were presented within the scope of the symposium, in which a total of 31 sessions were held, apart from the opening and closing. The symposium will be held on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 16:00. It ended with the closing session moderated by Sadi Kerim Dündar.

The 5th International Ex-libris Competition Exhibition, organized with the cooperation of Istinye University Faculty of Communication, Selcuk Pharmaceutical Warehouse and Istanbul Ex-libris Association, will be exhibited again in the Vadistanbul Shopping Center Ground Floor event area on May 22-30, 2023 as part of the 3rd International Media and Communication Symposium of Istinye University Faculty of Communication.

Event: 5th International Ex-libris Competition Repeat Exhibition
Organizer of the Event: Istinye University Faculty of Communication
Event Date: 22-30 May 2023
Event Time: 10:00-22:00
Event Venue: Vadistanbul AVM Ground Floor
For Online Exhibition Catalogue: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67327672/5international-exlibris-competition-istanbul-2022

Address: Ayazaga Mah. Azerbaijan Cad. (Eski Cendere Cad.) No: 3/C Sarıyer Istanbul.

One of our faculty members, Dr. Instructor Turkey's Giant Structures "Gayrettepe - Istanbul Airport Metro" episode of the Documentary Series, whose member Cahit ÜSTÜN is the Scriptwriter and second Director, was broadcast on TRT 1 and TRT Documentary screens. You can watch all episodes of the series, which has received great interest and appreciation, in which the construction stages of giant projects in our country are explained in detail, on www.trtizle.com and TRT Documentary Official Youtube channel.

Istinye University’s Faculty of Communication and MGX Studio MGX Film, Turkey's first virtual production house, have signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement is underwritten by Vefa İlaç.

Opening of the 5th International Ex-libris Competition Exhibition organized by Istinye University, Selcuk Ecza Deposu and Istanbul Ex-libris Society. 452 artists from 36 countries participated in the competition with 1179 original ex-libris. The jury selected 250 ex-libris from 187 artists for the exhibition and catalogue. Won 8 Artist Awards, 10 Artist Honorable Mentions and 10 Artist Honorary Certificates. The Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opening was held on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 15:30 at Istinye University Vadi Campus. Address: Ayazaga Mah. Azerbaijan Cad. Vadistanbul 4A Block, Sariyer / Istanbul. The exhibition can be visited between 10:00-17:00 until 15 December 2022. Video: Enes Aluç

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QObUm1ZJms0&t=320s

Prof Nello Barile, who came to Istanbul as part of an event, talked about his newly released book on digitalized media as part of the Media and Society course.

The 2nd Fall Semester Media Harvest award ceremony was held on October 27 with the intense participation of students and academics.

Faculty of Communication faculty member Dr. Rana Öztürk organized a trip to the Istanbul Archeology Museum with the Visual Communication Design students within the scope of Art History course. During the trip, the lecturer guided the students about periods and works. Students had the opportunity to closely examine the artifacts dating from different periods, which are also the subject of the course, and experienced the VR work in the "Ancient Futures" exhibition.

Visual Communication Design faculty member Prof. Hasip Pektaş was the guest of the special interview of "Zirvedeki Markalar".
Link: http://www.zirvedekimarkalar.com/

The exhibition is open between 15th and 30th of October.

Istinye University, Selçuk Ecza Deposu and Istanbul Ex-libris Society organized an international ex-libris competition open to artists and designers from all countries in order to bring together and evaluate original ex-libris works with high aesthetic and technical quality, to encourage artists and to introduce the art of ex-libris to the public.

The Jury was composed of:
Prof. Dr. Martin R. Baeyens, Ex-libris Artist – Belgium (Chairman of the jury)
Şükrü Ertürk, Ex-libris Artist, Banknote Designer - Turkey
M. Sonay Gürgen, Selçuk Ecza Deposu Chairman of the Board - Turkey
Prof. Dr. Yalçın Kırdar, İstinye University, Faculty of Communication (Vice Dean) - Turkey
Prof. Dr. Hasip Pektaş, President of Istanbul Ex-libris Society and Museum – Turkey

452 artists from 36 countries participated in the 5th International Ex-libris Competition with 1179 different ex-libris works. 250 ex-libris from 187 artists have been selected for the exhibition and catalogue. 8 Awards, 10 Honorable Mention and 10 Honorary Certificates have been given to the artists.

Award Ceremony and Opening of Exhibition will be held in November 15, 2022, Tuesday, 03:30 PM at Istinye University Vadi Campus. Address: Ayazaga Mah. Azerbaycan Cad. Vadistanbul 4A Blok, Sarıyer / Istanbul, Turkey. The exhibition can be visited on November 15 - December 15, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM.

Awards:
1. First Prize (Istinye University); Veselin Damyanov-ves, (Bulgaria)
2. Second Prize (Selçuk Ecza Deposu); Krzysztof Marek Bak, (Poland)
3. Third Prize (Istanbul Ex-libris Society); Marin Gruev, (Bulgaria)
4. Special Prize (Mürşide İçmeli / Dinçer Pilgir); Danski Mariusz, (Poland)
5. Special Prize (Tülay-Şükrü Ertürk); Hedieh Jafari, (Iran)
6. Special Prize (Nesrin-Orhan Akbulut); Mauricio Schvarzman, (Argentina)
7. Special Prize (Ayşe-Noyan Ünal); Gennady Pugachevsky, (Ukraine)
8. Special Prize (Mehmet Rafet Atalık); Emre Şengün, (Turkey)

Honorable Mentions:
1. Ayşen Erte, (Turkey)
2. Erkin Keskin, (Turkey)
3. Grzegorz Izdebski, (Poland)
4. Katarzyna Handzlik, (Poland)
5. Kun Wang, (China)
6. Marek Grzyb, (Poland)
7. Meryem Yeşilkök, (Turkey)
8. Pawel Binczycki, (Poland)
9. Sinem Algan, (Turkey)
10. Snezhina Biserova, (Bulgaria)

Honorary Certificates:
1. Ahmet Selçuk Kızılışık, (Turkey)
2. Christine Deboosere, (Belgium)
3. Elzbieta Radzikowska, (Poland)
4. Ivan Rusachek, (Poland)
5. Julian Jordanov, (Bulgaria)
6. Lukasz Cywicki, (Poland)
7. Martin Manojlin, (Czech Rep.)
8. Oleg Dergachov, (France)
9. Peter Lazarov, (Bulgaria)
10. Rumen Nechev, (Bulgaria)

Exhibition / Catalogue:

1. Agata Perzynska, (Poland)
2. Ahmet Selçuk Kızılışık, (Turkey)
3. Alejandra Coirini, (Argentina)
4. Aleksandra Valchuk, (Ukraine)
5. Alexander Lytkin, (Russia)
6. Alexandru Jakabhazi, (Romania)
7. Andras Reti, (Hungary)
8. Andreas Ramb, (Germany)
9. Andrew Levitsky, (Ukraine)
10. Anıl Çakmak, (Turkey)
11. Anna Tikhonova, (Bulgaria)
12. Anna Trojanowska, (Poland)
13. Arina Ponomareva Sergeevna, (Russia)
14. Aubert Patrick, (France)
15. Ayben Kaynar Tanır, (Turkey)
16. Ayşe Anıl, (Turkey)
17. Ayşegül Kıranoğlu, (Turkey)
18. Ayşen Erte, (Turkey)
19. Bai Wen Lu, (China)
20. Berk Yılmaz, (Turkey)
21. Berna İşbilir Aydın, (Turkey)
22. Berrin İlhan, (Turkey)
23. Büşra Ekmen, (Turkey)
24. C. Gladys Munoz, (Argentina)
25. Canan Bilge, (Turkey)
26. Carla Ibarra, (Mexico)
27. Christine Deboosere, (Belgium)
28. Czeslaw Kazimierrz Wos, (Poland)
29. Danski Mariusz, (Poland)
30. Diego Axel Lazcano, (Argentina)
31. Dimo Milanov, (Bulgaria)
32. Drimaylo Mykhailo, (Ukraine)
33. Durmuş Bahar, (Turkey)
34. Ecmel Sarıkaya, (Turkey)
35. Elena Felicia Selejan, (Romania)
36. Elif Çelik, (Turkey)
37. Elzbieta Radzikowska, (Poland)
38. Emre Şengün, (Turkey)
39. Ercan Tuna, (Germany)
40. Erhun Şengül, (Turkey)
41. Erkin Keskin, (Turkey)
42. Esra G. Güvenç, (Turkey)
43. Eva Ploczekova, (Slovakia)
44. Evangelos Tasios, (Greece)
45. Fevzi Nuri Kara, (Turkey)
46. Fatih Aksular, (Turkey)
47. Florencia Coschignano, (Argentina)
48. Gabriel Bude, (Argentina)
49. Galina Pavlova, (Bulgaria)
50. Gamze Dumlu, (Turkey)
51. Gennady Pugachevsky, (Ukraine)
52. Grzegorz Izdebski, (Poland)
53. Günter Hujber, (Czech Rep.)
54. Hakan Arslan, (Turkey)
55. Hasan Duman, (Turkey)
56. Hedieh Jafari, (Iran)
57. Hong Qiang Xu, (China)
58. Hristo Kerin, (Bulgaria)
59. Hristo Naidenov, (Bulgaria)
60. Igor Cvacho, (Slovakia)
61. Ioannis Anastasiou, (Greece)
62. Irina Kochurova, (Russia)
63. Irina Yelagina, (Russia)
64. Iryna Koliaadina (Ukraine)
65. Ivan Randjelovic, (Serbia)
66. Ivan Rusachek, (Poland)
67. İlka Nur Yavuz, (Turkey)
68. İsmail Aslan, (Turkey)
69. Jacek Marchowski (Polond)
70. Jane Beguchaya, (Russia)
71. Julian Jordanov, (Bulgaria)
72. Julieta Warman, (Argentina)
73. Kafiye Özlem Alp, (Turkey)
74. Kader Sürmeli, (Turkey)
75. Kamil Kocurek, (Turkey)
76. Katarzyna Handzlik, (Poland)
77. Kristina Zilinskaite, (Lithuania)
78. Krzysztof Marek Bak, (Poland)
79. Ksenia Avramova, (Russia)
80. Kun Wang, (China)
81. Leon Leenders, (Belgium)
82. Leonid Kuris, (Israel)
83. Leonid Strofanov, (Russia)
84. Leonova Dina, (Russia)
85. Ludmila Kotelnikova, (Russia)
86. Luigi Casalino, (Italy)
87. Luis Morado, (Argentina)
88. Lukasz Cywicki, (Poland)
89. Magdalena Pawelec, (Poland)
90. Majka Dokudowicz, (Poland)
91. Malou oi Yee Hung, (Hong Kong)
92. Marcela Miranda, (Italy)
93. Marcelina Gebicka, (Poland)
94. Marek Grzyb, (Poland)
95. Maria Maddalena Tuccelli, (Italy)
96. Maria Skorys, (Poland)
97. Marianna Antonacci, (Italy)
98. Marin Gruev, (Bulgaria)
99. Marko Vasic, (Serbia)
100. Martin Manojlin, (Czech Rep.)
101. Marziya Zhaksygarina, (Kazakhstan)
102. Mauricio Schvarzman, (Argentina)
103. Maya Tcholakova, (Bulgaria)
104. Mazlum Cabir Uluyol, (Turkey)
105. Mehmet Arslan Güven, (Turkey)
106. Meral Özdemir, (Turkey)
107. Meryem İmran Karaca, (Turkey)
108. Meryem Yeşilkök, (Turkey)
109. Mevlüt Ünal, (Turkey)
110. Michele Stragliati, (Italy)
111. Mika Sakimoto, (Japan)
112. Ming Fang Ho, (China)
113. Murat Ertürk, (Turkey)
114. Mustafa Kınık, (Turkey)
115. Münüre Şahin, (Turkey)
116. Natalia Leszczynska, (Poland)
117. Natalia Pawlus, (Poland)
118. Nazan Sönmez, (Turkey)
119. Nesligül Hasdemir, (Turkey)
120. Neş’ever Gür, (Turkey)
121. Nida Nur Alamaz, (Turkey)
122. Nilgün Köseoğlu, (Turkey)
123. Nina Kazimova, (Russia)
124. Nityananda Gaine, (Bangladesh)
125. Nurdan Adıgüzel, (Turkey)
126. Nurten Erdoğan, (Turkey)
127. Oleg Dergachov (France)
128. Oleg Mikhailov, (Russia)
129. Oleksii Fedorenko, (Ukraine)
130. Oleksii Sobolevskyi, (Ukraine)
131. Olga Krupenkova, (Belarus)
132. Olga Samosujk, (Russia)
133. Ondrej Revicky, (Slovakia)
134. Onul (Oriofonul) Kundakçı, (Turkey)
135. Ovidiu Petca, (Romania)
136. Oya Pekmener, (Turkey)
137. Pavel Hlavaty, (Czech Rep.)
138. Pawel Binczycki, (Poland)
139. Pawel Delekta, (Poland)
140. Perla Margulies, (Argentina)
141. Peter Ford, (United Kingdom)
142. Peter Kocak , (Slovakia)
143. Peter Lazarov, (Bulgaria)
144. Rahul Dhiman, (India)
145. Rakesh Bani, (India)
146. Rana Özdemir, (Turkey)
147. Remo Giatti, (Italy)
148. Rolf Fleischmann, (Germany)
149. Ruben Dario Acosta, (Argentina)
150. Rumen Nechev, (Bulgaria)
151. Ryszard Balon, (Poland)
152. Salih Geçimli, (Turkey)
153. Semiha Binzet, (Turkey)
154. Sezin Türk Kaya, (Turkey)
155. Silvana Martignoni, (Italy)
156. Silvia Berruezo, (Argentina)
157. Sinem Algan, (Turkey)
158. Snezhina Biserova, (Bulgaria)
159. Sturtz German, (Argentina)
160. Svetlana Ryabova, (Russia)
161. Svetlana Volosiuk, (Belarus)
162. Takanori Iwase, (Japan)
163. Torill Elisabeth Larsen, (Norway)
164. Tsareva Tatiana, (Russia)
165. Ugne Zilyte, (Lithuania)
166. Valerio Mezzetti, (Italy)
167. Vasiliki Iliakopoulou, (Greece)
168. Vasiliki Kolipetsa, (Greece)
169. Vedat Çolak, (Turkey)
170. Veselin Damyanov-Ves, (Bulgaria)
171. Vladislav Kvartalnyj, (Belarus)
172. Volodymyr Vereshchain, (Ukraine)
173. Wenhong Zhang, (China)
174. Wojciech Osuchowski, (Czech Rep.)
175. Yağmur Sabaz, (Turkey)
176. Yaprak İnce, (Turkey)
177. Yasemin Toker, (Turkey)
178. Yaşar Uslu, (Turkey)
179. Yeşim Önde, (Turkey)
180. Yuko Morino, (Japan)
181. Yurduşen Konanç, (Turkey)
182. Yury Molibozhenko, (Russia)
183. Yusuf Keş, (Turkey)
184. Zbigniew Osenkowski, (Poland)
185. Zdenek Bugan, (Slovakia)
186. Zeliha Kayahan, (Turkey)
187. Zülfikar Sayın, (Turkey)

Assoc. Dr. Hasan Gürkan's work titled "The Free Individual in a Tale of Democracy: Hegemony and Dystopia in Visual Narratives" was accepted by KOME− An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry (Q2).

Istinye University and BASE Istanbul are organizing a workshop titled "Istanbul XRART Residency".

Within the scope of the event, it is aimed to create new and original works of art using Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). Participating artists will have access to hardware, software and special workspaces at Istinye University Vadi Campus during 1 - 12 August.

Designated artists and creative technologists work together to develop original works of Extended Reality (XR) art. Completed projects will be displayed in a special immersive art exhibition in October.

Our 2nd-year student, Munder Ahmet Atia Alimam is selected as one of the 10 most influential Libyan influencers living in Istanbul by the Libya-based organization BINA.

Within the scope of the high school summer school organized by Istinye University for high school students, Faculty of Communication faculty member Prof. Hasip Pektaş gave a lecture on Composition in Design with the students. The active participation of the students was observed in the lecture held on the Vadi campus on June 23, 2022. İstinye University High School Summer School aims to experience university life without being a university student yet.

From July 4 to 8, the Homer Roma "Across Borders: Audiences, Exhibition, And Reception" Conference will take place.

The conference "A Light Footprint in the Cosmos" will be held in Vancouver from June 24 to 27.

The book titled Medya ve Tüketim I has been published and it contains a chapter "Tüketim, Güzellik ve Medya Üçgeni: Güzellik Neden ve Nasıl Metalaştı?" written by faculty members.

Visual Communication Design faculty member Prof. Hasip Pektaş held an Ex-libris Workshop in their own school with Bakırköy Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School students on June 2, 2022. In the event for Graphic Design students, besides the transfer of theoretical knowledge about ex-libris, practical work was also done. As a result of the event, the students made many new ex-libris designs.

Istinye University Faculty of Communication 2nd International Media and Society Symposium was held with the title of Digitalization and Visual Studies, with symposiums, exhibitions and workshops.

In this context, in the last session that started at 10:00 on 27 MAY 2022, FRIDAY, Faculty of Communication Dean Prof. Dr. The symposium, which lasted two days, was closed with the closing speech of Peyami Çelikcan. The invited speakers of the last day are Prof. Dr. Suzan Duygu Erişti, Assoc. Dr. Gülbin Özdamar Akarçay, Ulya Soley, Assoc. Dr. Selçuk Artut, Yalın Alpay, Bager Akbay and Prof. Dr. It was Helen Armstrong. The speech topics are presented below:

Istinye University Faculty of Communication 2nd International Media and Society Symposium will be held online with the title of Digitalization and Visual Studies on May 26-27, 2022 with symposiums, exhibitions and workshops. Researchers who carry out original theoretical or applied studies and practitioners who make creative productions with digital technologies in visual fields share their current works.

In this context, the fourteenth session of the symposium, titled WORKSHOP RESULTS SHARING, was attended by Assoc. Dr. Eren Ekin Ercan chaired the session, on 27 MAY 2022, FRIDAY, 14.00-15.30. The program is presented below:

Istinye University Faculty of Communication 2nd International Media and Society Symposium will be held online with the title of Digitalization and Visual Studies on May 26-27, 2022 with symposiums, exhibitions and workshops. Researchers who carry out original theoretical or applied studies and practitioners who make creative productions with digital technologies in visual fields share their current works.

In this context, the thirteenth session of the symposium was titled DIGITAL MEDIA AND RADIO by Prof. Dr. Under the chairmanship of Ümit Atabek, it was held on 27 MAY 2022, FRIDAY, 14.00-15.30. The program is presented below:

Istinye University Faculty of Communication 2nd International Media and Society Symposium will be held online with the title of Digitalization and Visual Studies on May 26-27, 2022 with symposiums, exhibitions and workshops. Researchers who carry out original theoretical or applied studies and practitioners who make creative productions with digital technologies in visual fields share their current works.

In this context, the third session of the symposium, titled ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, was attended by Assoc. Dr. It was held on THURSDAY, 12.00-13.30, 26 MAY 2022, under the chairmanship of Barış Atiker. The program is presented below:

Istinye University Faculty of Communication 2nd International Media and Society Symposium will be held online with the title of Digitalization and Visual Studies on May 26-27, 2022 with symposiums, exhibitions and workshops. Researchers who carry out original theoretical or applied studies and practitioners who make creative productions with digital technologies in visual fields share their current works.

In this context, the second session of the symposium titled MEDIA, CULTURE AND POLICY Assoc. Dr. The dowry was held on THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022, at 12:00-13:30, under the chairmanship of Makal Fairclough. The program is presented below:

Istinye University Faculty of Communication 2nd International Media and Society Symposium will be held online with the title of Digitalization and Visual Studies on May 26-27, 2022 with symposiums, exhibitions and workshops. Researchers who carry out original theoretical or applied studies and practitioners who make creative productions with digital technologies in visual fields share their current works.

In this context, the first session of the symposium with the title of DIGITALIZATION CINEMA AND CULTURE Prof. Dr. It was held on THURSDAY, 12.00-13.30, 26 MAY 2022, under the chairmanship of Hüseyin Çelik. The program is presented below:

Istinye University Faculty of Communication 2nd International Media and Society Symposium is held with the title of Digitalization and Visual Studies, with symposiums, exhibitions and workshops.

In this context, on THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022, at 10:00, the Dean of the Faculty of Communication Prof. Dr. The symposium, which will continue for two days, was started with the opening speech of Peyami Çelikcan. The invited speakers of the first day are Prof. Dr. Erik Knudsen, Prof. Dr. Alev Fatoş Parsa, Prof. Dr. Ellen Lupton, Julie Walsh, Frédéric Laffy, Esra Özkan and Prof. Dr. It was Christine Spengler. The speech topics are presented below:

Istinye University Faculty of Communication 2nd International Media and Society Symposium is held with the title of Digitalization and Visual Studies, with symposiums, exhibitions and workshops.

In this context, the second workshop continues on WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2022. The workshop program is presented below: