The opening speech of the Media Meetings, jointly organised by Başkent University Faculty of Communication and the Spanish Embassy, was delivered by Prof. Dr. Senem Gençtürk Hızal, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, and Prof. Dr. M. Abdülkadir Varoğlu, Vice-Rector of Başkent University. We would like to thank Spanish journalist Mikel Ayestarana, guest of the Media Meetings, for his contributions.