A panel talk on the "Ukraine War Diaries" episode of the award-winning documentary series "Off the Grid" produced by TRT World, which was shot in Ukraine and won the 44th International Emmy Award, with the documentary series crew namely the director Mouhssine Ennaimi, Writer / Producer Alexandra Pauliat and TRT World Channel Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Bora Bayraktar participating in the event as the speakers, was organized with the joint efforts of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema and the Department of International Relations.

The panel talk, held on Monday, December 18, 2023, at the Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall in the Ataköy building of the Bakırköy campus, was moderated by the IKU Head of the Department of International Relations, Prof. Dr. Çağla Gül Yesevi and Dr. Selda Salman Sakızlı from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema.

In the panel talk conducted in English, the Director Ennaimi and Producer Pauliat talked about the challenging production process of the documentary and the political and ethical perspectives on the documentary while Assoc. Prof. Bayraktar examined the political processes of broadcasting the production. The team of the documentary series answered the questions of IKU students and faculty members.

The panel talk was concluded with the IKU Rector Prof. Dr. Fadime Üney Yüksektepe, IKU Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Üstünipek and IKU Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz thanking the team of the documentary series and presenting them with a memorial plate.