Social Distances Shrink with Our Instagram Live Broadcasts

Throughout the pandemic that shook the world, in order to stay connected with our students, partners and alumni, as well as all the communicators who follow us, we heeded the World Health Organization's call to all creative communicators and tried to stay together as much as possible, preserving our social bonds while reducing physical distances.

In this long marathon, which began with our first broadcast on 3 April, we had the opportunity to come together with our academics, experts and highly valued guests from the field of communication. With Assist. Prof. Dr. Şafak Şahin, Specialist Tuna Tetik, Assist. Prof. Dr. Erkan Büker, Producer Dorukhan Acar, Assist. Prof. Dr. Sinan Aşçı, Lecturer Ayşegül Liman Kaban, Assist. Prof. Dr. Tirşe Erbaysal Filibeli, Assist. Prof. Dr. Can Ertuna, Specialist Elif Cerrahoğlu, Lecturer Selin İşmen, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hande Bilsel, Specialist Berna Balcı, Lecturer Korkut Akaçık, Illustrators Platform Chair Nurgül Şenefe, Prof. Dr. Nilay Ulusoy, Specialist Cüneyt Bozkurt, Harun Can, Prof. Dr. İdil Suher, Prof. Dr. Haluk Gürgen, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Engin, our alumna and omg!medya Co-Founder Elmas Nida Baykal, Illustration Student Oona Holtane, our student Burcu Demirdöğen, Boyner Department Stores Corporate Communications Manager Oya Uzun, Lecturer and Director Sinem İnce, Journalist Meliha Okur, IPPA Communication Managing Partner Fatmanur Erdoğan, Research Assistant Burak Özdemir, Nestlé Türkiye Corporate Communications and Corporate Affairs Manager İrem Erdoğan, Koç Holding Corporate Brand and Sponsorships Coordinator Okyar Tuncel, Grandcarre Communication Organization Co-Founder Mustafa Oğuzcan, Grandcarre Communication Organization Co-Founder and UGEDER Chair of the Board Tolga Eroğlu, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Eker Akgöz, Dr. Selcan Yeşilyurt, O2 İletişim Founder Karolin Ergin, Specialist Hande Tuncer, influencer and our alumna Sera Kayın, Dr. Deniz Eyüce Şansal, our alumna Esen Küçüktütüncü, MelON Production Founder Yeşim Aktaş, Specialist Umut Güler, Producer Savaş Satış, BAU ESports Director Seçkin Topaloğlu, Lecturer and our alumnus Efe Özenç, Mekan Space Founders İpek Kuran Yıldırım and Zeynep Burcu Kaya, BAU Jazz Academy Director Yeşim Pekiner, BAU Jazz Academy Instructor Emre Tukur, Director Turgut Akaçık, FOX Haber Editor-in-Chief Doğan Şentürk, BAU Art Director Jochen Proehl, our student Kaan İnal, ATV Breakfast News Presenter and Lecturer Nihan Günay, Author Ümit Kireççi, our student Emirhan Erzurumlu, Bersay Communication Group Executive Board Member Deniz Saydam, our student Ali Emre Kandemir, Pollective Co-Founder Hatice Kulak, filmmaker and Producer Zeynep Atakan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bart Woodstrup and Prof. Dr. Nazlı Eda Noyan, we discussed countless topics related to communication.

You can access the episodes of the Social Distance program, which was broadcast during the time we spent at home following the #stayhome call and reached 43 episodes, as a series on the @bau_iletisim Instagram account.