İSMAİL ARDA ODABAŞI

Prof. Dr. İsmail Arda Odabaşı completed his undergraduate studies in International Relations at Gazi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He received his master's and doctoral degrees from Marmara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, in the Communication Sciences sub-department. His master's thesis focused on political communication, while his doctoral thesis focused on press/thought/literary history. He became an associate professor in Communication Studies in 2014 and a full professor in 2021. He has held academic and administrative positions at various universities. Having served as dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, he is currently the dean of the Faculty of Communication at Ibn Haldun University. Prof. Dr. İsmail Arda Odabaşı has numerous interdisciplinary scientific publications and awards. His main areas of research are communication, cinema, press, and cultural history. His areas of study also include the sociology and theories of cinema, and the intellectual and cultural life of the late Ottoman and early Republican periods. Odabaşı, who received the Communication Research of the Year award in 2018 for his work titled National Cinema: Cinema Life in the Ottoman Empire and the Transition to Domestic Production, has published his latest book titled Ottoman Press Capitalism and Nationalism. Odabaşı is also involved in the production processes of television programs related to his field.