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Assist. Prof. Dr. Bekir Azgın

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Office:

CMS 329


Tel:

+90 392 630 1452

 

E-mail:

Bekir.azgin@emu.edu.tr


Office Hours:

Monday: 09:30-12:30

Thursday: 09:30-12:30 

 


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Degrees

  • BA 1966, Faculty of Divinity, Ankara University.
  • MA 1970, Moscow Lomonosov University, Cultural History.
  • PhD 1973, Moscow Lomonosov University, History.

Research Interests

  • History of the press.
  • Cultural history of Cyprus.
  • Structure of the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot press.
  • History of Cyprus.
  • News writing and reporting.
  • Ethics in journalism.

Currently Teaching

JOUR482 Graduation project in Journalism

JRN 332 Turkish in journalism


Selected Publications and Other Media Work

2009. “Geçmişten Günümüze Kıbrıslı Türk Yazılı Basını”, Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta Medya ve Temsil, (Der. Hanife Aliefendioğlu, Nurten Kara), Dipnot Yayınları, ss. 15-37, 

2009. Turkish Cypriot Journalism Education. In: Terzis, G. (Ed.) European Journalism Education, Bristol: Intellect Books, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. (w/Mashoed Bailie), pp. 238 - 246. 

2009. Cypriot media and the production of conflict: Newsworthiness versus the possibility of peace communication. In: Thomas Diaz and Nathalie Tocci (Eds.). Cyprus: A conflict at the crossroads. Manchester University Press (w/Mashoed Bailie), pp. 66 - 83. 

2008. A barricade, a bridge and a wall: Cypriot journalism and the mediation of conflict in Cyprus. Cyprus Review, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp. 57 - 92 (w/Mashoed Bailie). 

 

Currently Supervising 

  • Irem Bailie.  “Women Journalists on the Silver Screen” (PhD).
  • Vasvi Çiftçi. “Peace journalism in Cypriot press: A comparative study of the Turkish and Greek Cypriot press” (PhD).

Biography

Bekir Azgın has been the editor of of Yenidüzen, Söz and Kıbrıs newspapers and published the cultural and art magazine “Kültür-Sanat Dergisi” from 1984 to 2002. He has taught cultural history and journalism courses Girne American and Lefke universities. Since 1996 he has been teaching in the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at Eastern Mediterranean University, and currently is the chair of the RTVF and Journalism departments.

He also writes a weekly column for the Havadis newspaper.

 

Degrees

  • BA 1987, Hacettepe University, Sociology.
  • MA 1994, Hacettepe University, Anthropology.
  • PhD 2000, Hacettepe University, Anthropology.
 

Research Interests

  • Feminist theory and gender in cross-cultural perspectives.
  • Sociology of News.
  • Anthropology of Media.
  • Mass media, identity and representation.
 

Currently Teaching

COMM122 Sociology in Communication

JOUR282 History of Journalism 

Selected Publications and Other Media Work Full List

(with Pembe Behçetoğulları) 2009 "Missing Histories of Cyprus: War, Displacement and Women’s Narratives." Nurten Kara (ed) Gender at the Crossroads: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. (Famagusta: EMU Press.) pp: 215-221 

(with) Nurten Kara (eds), 2009. Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta Medya ve Temsil (Medya and Representation in the North Cyprus). Ankara: Dipnot Kitabevi.  

2008. “Feminist Challenge to Violence: The Differences of two feminist Magazines, Pazartesi and Amargi” Tuğrul İlter, Nurten Kara; Melek Atabey; Yetin Arslan; Müge Orun (eds) Communication in Peace/Conflict in Communication (Famagusta: EMUPress) pp:127-132. 

 (with Yetin Arslan) 2003. ‘’Women’s Representation in the Media of Northern Cyprus’’ The Gender and The Media Handbook: Promoting Equality, Diversity and Empowerment. Nicosia, MIGS: UNOPS, pp: 28-54.  

2004. “Transstate Space Between Women’s NGOs in Germany and Turkey: The Current Situation and Future Expectations” Thomas Faist and Eyup Ozveren (eds) Transnational Social Spaces: Agents, Networks and Institutions London: Ashgate Publisher, pp: 59-90  

(with G. C. M. D. Healy, Mustafa Ozbilgin) 2005. “Academic Employment and Gender, A Turkish Challenge to Vertical Segregation”  European Journal of Industrial Relations Vol.11: No: 2 pp: 242-264. 

Currently Supervising Full List

  • Enoch Akhaine. Gender Representation in Nigerian Films (Nollywood) (MA).
  • (under the co-supervision of Melek Atabey) Pegah Khoie. Different Use of Interactive Media in Environmental Activism (MA).
  • Damla Nailer. Gender Representation in Popular Cultural Magazines in Northern Cyprus Print Media (MA).
  • İpek Halim. The Reciprocal Practices of Turkish Cypriot Women in Trade: A Feminist Study on Women’s Entrepreneurship. (PhD).
 

Biography

      Since 2001 she has been teaching in the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at Eastern Mediterranean University. She is one of the editor Kadın/Woman 2000 interdisciplinary women’s studies journal. teaching sociology and anthropology. Her main area is sociology, cultural anthropology, gender/feminist studies and cultural studies.