Department of Radioi Television and Cinema

Mert Özercan, the cinematographer of the movie "Almost Entirely A Slight Disaster" (2023), which has received various awards from national and international film festivals and is available on the MUBI platform, attended the "Image Management" workshop held as a part of "Film Language II" and "Film Language IV" courses, and met with the students of the Department of Radio, Department of Television and Cinema.

Screenwriter & Producer Selim Erkul, who took part in the script development and production teams of popular digital platform series such as Knot (2024), Innocent (2017), Owned (2017) and Immortals (2018), met with our Department of Radio, Television and Cinema students in the "Scenario-Production Process Relationship" workshop organized within the scope of the "Script Writing Techniques II" course. The workshop was held in the Ataköy building of Bakırköy campus on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, under the moderation of Our Head of Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc.

The 6th volume of the "Turkish Horror Cinema Chronology" series covering the year 2023, written by Assist. Prof. Gizem Şimşek Kaya from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, and the "Turkish Horror and Thriller Cinema in 50 Articles: Another Jinn Movie?", which they co-authored, were published. 

Directed and written by Res. Assist. Buğra Mert Alkayalar, one of the faculty members of Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, was deemed worthy of the "Best Young Director Award" at the Short to the Point Film Festival held in Romania with his short film "Station People" supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Republic of Türkiye.

We congratulate our faculty member and wish him success in the journey of his film.

The story "Yeni Hayat", which was included in the book "Birtakım Rivayetler" by Res. Assist. Buğra Mert Alkayalar, a faculty member of IKU Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, was included in the story anthology "Anthology of Turkish Science Fiction Stories" published by Transnational Press London Publishing in the UK under the title "A New Life."

The Department of Radio, Television and Cinema organized the "Alumni Panel" event to build a bridge between graduates of different semesters and students studying in the department. The event, which was held on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, in the 4th floor multi-purpose hall of the Bakırköy campus Ataköy building, was moderated by the Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz and academician Assist. Prof. Ayşe Duygu Atasoy Aktaş.

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.

"There's a Ketche in This!" as part of the "Sector Meeting Event" organized in cooperation with the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema and the Cinema Club. In the interview titled; Hakan Kırvavaç, known as Ketche, the director of successful films and TV series such as Kızılcık Şerbeti (2022- ), Müslüm (2018), Romantic Comedy (2010), met with our students and faculty members. Members of the Kültür College Alumni Association also attended the interview to listen to Ketche, a Kültür College graduate.

The documentary film project titled "Trip to Cilicia", written and directed by Assoc. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz, was organized by the Republic of Türkiye. It passed the pre-selection in the "Project Support Category" of the 14th International TRT Documentary Awards, organized with the support of the Ministry of Culture, and made it to the finals. TRT Documentary Awards will find their owners at the awards ceremony to be held on December 17, 2023. We congratulate our professor and wish her continued success.

A seminar titled "Hyperreal Memory of Atatürk" was organized by the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema as a part of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Turkish Republic and the Commemoration of Atatürk festivities.  The seminar, to which Assist. Prof. Ümmühan Molo from Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University attended as the speaker, was held on Wednesday, November 8, at 14.00 in the 1st floor multi-purpose hall in the Ataköy building of the Bakırköy campus.