Betül Mardin

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Betül Mardin
Born (1926-12-01) 1 December 1926 (age 97)
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationIstanbul Bilgi University
Alma materFaculty of Communication
OccupationJournalist
Spouse
Akgün Usta
(m. 1950; div. 1956)
(m. 1959; div. 1967)
Children2
RelativesArif Mardin (brother)

Betül Mardin (born 1 December 1926) is a Turkish journalist who laid the foundations of public relations in Turkey.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Mardin was born on 1926 in Istanbul. She is the second child of the Mardin family, an Ottoman family whose roots go back to Hussein, the grandson of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.[2] She is the older sister of famous music producer Arif Mardin.[3]

She graduated from Arnavutköy American College for Girls and BBC Television Course, rose to the presidency of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) in 1995[4] and became the first Turkish female president of IPRA with this task. She is considered a master in public relations with this award, which is one of the few in the world, with the title "Member Emeritus", which was later given to her by the International Public Relations Association.[5] She is a faculty member at Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations.[6][7]

Personal life[edit]

Betül was married twice, first with Akgün Usta[8] where she had a daughter and second with Turkish actor Haldun Dormen[9] where she had a son.

References[edit]

  1. ^ ERKAN, JOAN KİM. LADY WHO. Tudem Yayın Gurubu. ISBN 978-625-7314-56-5.
  2. ^ "AKSİYON DERGİSİ | www.aksiyon.com.tr | HAFTALIK HABER DERGİSİ". 2007-11-10. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  3. ^ "Halkla İlişkilerin Duayeni Betûl Mardin Kimdir?". www.leblebitozu.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  4. ^ Nur, Erdem, M.; Nihal, Kocabay-Sener; Tu?ba, Demir (2020-10-02). Handbook of Research on Aestheticization of Violence, Horror, and Power. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-7998-4656-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Küçük, Yalçın (2002). Şebeke = "Network" (in Turkish). Ithaki Publishing. ISBN 978-975-8725-73-1.
  6. ^ Erciş, Mehmet Serdar; Başar, Enes Emre (2020-06-04). New Communication Approaches in the Digitalized World. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-5422-1.
  7. ^ Yilmaz, Bayar (2019-11-29). Handbook of Research on Social and Economic Development in the European Union. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-7998-1190-9.
  8. ^ "BETÜL MARDiN OLMAK". Milliyet (in Turkish). 8 November 2011. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  9. ^ KAZANCI, Röportaj: Yeşim GÜNAL Fotoğraflar: Sercan (5 October 2012). "Boşanmasaydık birbirimizi boğazlardık!". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-03-12.