Ayşen Akkor Gül

• Istanbul University

Turkey’s TV drama industry has made a quantum leap in the past decade and exported many of its dramas (dizis) to more than a hundred countries. Turkey has become the world’s second-biggest TV drama exporter after the USA in 2016. The dizi industry’s transnationalization is attributable to the tireless efforts and unique features of its associated c...

The research variables of this study are “Turkish journalists’ role preferences” and “Turkish television channels’ use of sources” during the first eight hours of breaking news coverage of the 2018 missile strikes against Syria. The researcher employs content analysis to answer mainly two questions: “Did Turkish journalists perform roles other than...

This study is about the European Union’s Media Literacy Policy and its main concern is to observe the leading tendencies in the media literacy studies and regulations. Therefore the recent literature is examined in order to find out the development and the goals of the European Union’s media literacy policy. Some the findings are: Media literacy is...

This study is about the European Union’s Media Literacy Policy and its main concern is to observe the leading tendencies in the media literacy studies and regulations. Therefore the recent literature is examined in order to find out the development and the goals of the European Union’s media literacy policy. Some the findings are: Media literacy is...

The aim of the book is to depict both the political and educational policy of European Countries from media education point of view. Turkiye is also added with her situational profile, organized by Nurdan Oncel Taskiran at the end of the chapters.

Since the 1990's the television broadcasting system of Turkey has grown with a remarkable impetus. However it has a number of major problems which threaten the development of a healthy media landscape. This paper mainly focuses on the issue of 'monopolization of media ownership' which can be detrimental to pluralism. The study which is no more than...

This study is about the reflection of "the Mardin Kiziltepe Event" in the national daily newspapers of Turkey. While certain questions asked like, "When", and "How the Mardin Kiziltepe event reached a high position on the agenda of the national newspapers", "What were the aims of the columnists?" and "When and moreover under which conditions the ev...