Department of Radioi Television and Cinema

The first screening in Türkiye of the short film “Passengers,” directed and scripted by Res. Assist. Buğra Mert Alkayalar, from IKU Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, was held on Monday, May 6, 2024, at Kadıköy Cinema within the scope of the selection of “Yıldız Cinema Festival” organized for the fifth time this year by Yıldız Technical University Yıldız Cinema Club.

IKU Department of Radio, Television and Cinema held an interview titled "Star System in Türkiye and Fikret Hakan" on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 13.00, in the 1st floor multi-purpose hall in Ataköy building, with the presentation of Prof. Dr Nigar Pösteki.

Prof. Dr Nigar Pösteki talked about the roots of the star system based on Hollywood cinema and the way the system is applied in Turkish Cinema. The acting career and strong literary aspect of Fikret Hakan, one of the successful actors of Turkish cinema, were evaluated with examples from his films and books.

The short film "Station People", directed and written by Res. Assist.  Buğra Mert Alkayalar from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, had its Turkey Premiere in "3rd.  Kaş International Short Film Festival”. Alkayalar’s short film Station People will be competing in the "National Student Films" category.

Following the festival to be held in Antalya's Kaş district between 4-8 June 2024, the finalist films will be screened at Kadıköy Cinema on 12-13 June 2024, with the film crews attending the event.

Selin Horoz, one of our students from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, took part in the technical team of NOW TV's "ELECTION 2024" special broadcast for local elections on March 31, 2024.

We are proud of our student and wish her continued success.

Assist. Prof. Gizem Şimşek Kaya, from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, was the guest of the "Sunny Conversations with Güneş Batum" program broadcast on the National Channel on March 23, 2024, and the "Voice of Art" program presented by Mert Erdoğan on Radio Esenler on March 28, 2024. Assist. Prof.

Scenarist Yeşim Çıtak, who has written the scripts of popular television series such as Erkenci kuş(2018), Menajerimi Ara (2020), Sen Çal Kapımı (2020), will be attending the "Scenario Writing in Film and TV Series" organization within the scope of "Film Language II" and "Film Language IV" courses. She met with our students from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema at the workshop. The workshop was held on Monday, March 25, 2024, at the Bakırköy campus Ataköy building, moderated by lecturer Özgür Balcı.

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.