The 23rd Golden Compass Turkey Public Relations Awards, organized this year by the Turkish Public Relations Association (TÜHİD), saw our faculty's 2025 graduates Begüm Tekinaslan, Ceren Atalay, and Elanur Keleş take fourth place in the Young Communicators category. Our graduates received their awards for their campaign titled “Invisible Power: PR,” which they prepared under the guidance of Associate Dean Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Akçay, at a ceremony held at Zorlu PSM on Monday, December 1, 2025. The award was presented by the Dean of our Faculty, Prof. Dr. G. Senem Gençtürk Hızal, and Communication and Design Department faculty member Assoc. Prof. Banu Erşanlı Taş, together with Esther Cobbah, President of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) for 2026, and İpek Özgüden Özen, President of TÜHİD.

We congratulate our graduates and their advisor and wish them continued success.

Our young communicators presented their awards to our Rector.

We presented the award won by our graduates in the Young Communicators category at the Golden Compass Turkey Public Relations Awards to our Rector, Prof. Dr. Hakan Özkardeş. Our Dean Prof. Dr. G. Senem Gençtürk Hızal, our Vice Dean Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Akçay, and our Head of Public Relations and Promotion Prof. Dr. H. Andaç Demirtaş Madran also attended the meeting.

The “Invisible Power: PR” campaign, prepared by our 2025 graduates Begüm Tekinaslan, Ceren Atalay, and Elanur Keleş under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Akçay, ranked fourth in the Young Communicators category of the 23rd Golden Compass Turkey Public Relations Awards held this year. Our graduates received their awards at the ceremony held on December 1, 2025, at Zorlu PSM.