"Media and Foreign Policy" Panel Held

The "Media and Foreign Policy" panel, organized by the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, was held at the Fazıl Say Hall of Bahçeşehir University (BAU) Beşiktaş South Campus with the participation of journalist and writer Mete Çubukçu, Habertürk Foreign News Editor Süheyla Demir and CNN TÜRK anchor, journalist and writer Ahu Özyurt, moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Canan Sokullu, Head of the Department of Political Science and International Relations.

The panel began with a speech by Mete Çubukçu, who talked about the media connections of the Middle East and the course of the Syrian War. Regarding following news on social media, Çubukçu said, "There is a lot of unfounded news. If we get absorbed in it without a filter, we lose the real news; news shared on social media must be observed carefully."

The panel continued with Ahu Özyurt, who gave a presentation on the framework within which foreign policy will develop in 2018 and beyond.

Süheyla Demir shared her methods and views on Russia's media relations.

After the speeches, the panel continued with a question-and-answer session and ended with the thanks and closing remarks of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Canan Sokullu, Head of the Department of Political Science and International Relations.