Current Announcements

The Council of Deans of Communication Faculties (ILDEK) has been convening annually since 2000, hosted by the communication faculty of a university either in Turkey or abroad. The council is a platform dedicated to discussing the current state of communication faculties, updating curricula in line with evolving technologies, addressing employment issues faced by communication graduates, assessing the impact of social media on society, and ensuring that graduates of communication faculties under the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) can compete with their peers in other countries.

Following the establishment of the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) in 2016, ILDEK entered into a collaboration with the Association of Communication Research (ILAD) to facilitate the accreditation of communication faculty programs. ILDEK has increased the motivation of deans for accreditation by inviting YÖKAK presidents to its meetings. In recent years, ILDEK Council meetings have included accreditation workshops to encourage deans to enter this process swiftly.

In 2017, during the 25th meeting of communication faculty deans, hosted by Aydın Adnan Menderes University’s Faculty of Communication, it was decided to organize a symposium under ILDEK. The idea was thoroughly discussed at the 26th ILDEK Council meeting in 2018, hosted by Çukurova University in Adana. As a result, the council resolved in the fourth article of its final declaration to hold the first symposium on October 18-19, 2018, hosted by Mersin University. It was also decided that the symposium would be repeated every two years at different universities. The symposium was named the International Symposium on Communication in the Digital Age (CIDA) (https://cida.mersin.edu.tr/).

The second symposium was held from October 26-28, 2020, hosted by Izmir University of Economics (https://cida2020.ieu.edu.tr/).

The third CIDA symposium took place in Ankara under the coordination of the Faculty of Communication at Ankara University. This time, several communication faculties in Ankara formed a consortium to broaden the event’s impact. The consortium, which included Ankara University, Başkent University, Hacettepe University, and Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, as well as the related departments and programs of Çankaya University, Atılım University, and the Social Sciences University of Ankara, held the symposium from October 12-15, 2022, in Ankara (https://cidainternational.org/cida-2022-tr/).

The CIDA 2024 symposium will be held from November 28-30, 2024, hosted by Eastern Mediterranean University’s Faculty of Communication in Gazimağusa, Cyprus (https://cidainternational.org/). Talks with international universities have been initiated to organize future CIDA symposiums in other countries.

ILDEK aims to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of its operations, as well as the CIDA symposium, by forming an Advisory Board.

Looking ahead, the ILDEK Council has also set its sights on launching a journal under the name ILDEK within DergiPark. We believe that the Advisory Board will play a crucial role in ensuring the sustainability of this platform created by the deans of communication faculties.

The fact that papers accepted by our referees for presentation at CIDA 2024 will be published by the journals of various communication faculties is a testament to the solidarity of our deans under the ILDEK Council.

We extend our gratitude to all public institutions, organizations, and the deans of communication faculties for their contributions to ILDEK’s work. We seek your continued support and solidarity for a sustainable future for the ILDEK Council.

ILDEK Council Executive Board

The 32nd İLDEK Council meeting, attended by deans of communication faculties, will be held from October 17-19, 2024 (Thursday-Saturday), hosted by Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University. The İLDEK Council meeting has been held every year without interruption since 2000. For exactly 24 years, these meetings have been organized to discuss the current state of communication faculties, future projections, collaborations with stakeholders, the adaptation of curricula to evolving technological developments, and similar topics. The decisions made by the General Assembly of the İLDEK Council are conveyed to relevant official and private institutions as recommendations.

In addition to current deans and acting deans, former deans and rectors/vice-rectors who have previously served as deans of communication faculties can also attend the İLDEK Council meetings, which are held at a different university each year. If the current dean or acting dean is unable to attend the meeting, a deputy dean may be sent as a representative.

The Professional Union of Radio and Television Broadcasters (RATEM) is an important external stakeholder of the İLDEK Council and supports the meetings, organizes panels for students, and sponsors the event.

In previous years, participants in the İLDEK Council meetings have included the Presidency of Communications and its Regional Directorates, the Court of Cassation, the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), the Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK), the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), the Ministry of National Education’s Board of Education and Discipline, TRT, RATEM, the Press Advertising Agency, provincial governorates, public prosecutor’s offices, national and local private radio and television stations, television program producers, media-communication agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) related to communication.

Since its establishment, YÖKAK has participated in our meetings in recent years at the presidency level as an important external stakeholder, providing informational conferences on the accreditation processes of communication faculties.

The Communication Research Association (İLAD) has continuously contributed to our meetings since the formation of the İLDEK Council. Since 2018, İLAD has organized informational sessions and accreditation training workshops on program accreditation at our meetings.

We look forward to your participation in the 32nd İLDEK Council meeting.

İLDEK COUNCIL Executive Committee

In collaboration with İLDEK (Council of Deans of Communication Faculties), İLAD (Association of Communication Research) and Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), the 4th International Symposium on Communication in the Digital Age, with the theme ‘Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence,’ will be held from November 28-30, 2024, at Eastern Mediterranean University in Gazimağusa, Cyprus.

Information about the symposium has been published on https://cidainternational.org/.

If you would like to be among the reviewers for the papers submitted to this symposium, please click here and fill out the form in the window that opens.

We kindly request that our deans of communication faculties announce the CIDA 2024 symposium to the academics in their faculties. We expect you to encourage faculty members interested in becoming reviewers for the CIDA 2024 symposium to fill out this form.

Sincerely,

İLDEK-İLAD-EMU