After completing her undergraduate degree at İzmir University of Economics, Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Advertising, he pursued a master’s degree in Media and Communication Science at the Institute of Media and Communication, Ilmenau University of Technology in Germany. During his studies in Germany, he conducted research in the fields of experimental media studies, political advertising, media psychology, strategic public relations, and virtual reality (fear of public speaking), and wrote her thesis on “consumer attitudes toward mobile advertising.” He earned her Ph.D. at Ege University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, in the Department of Communication Studies, with a dissertation titled “digital self-presentation in the personal branding process.” His academic work has been published by Nobel Academic Publishing, Literatürk Academia, and Global Media Journal. He is a member of the Turkish Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society.

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After graduating from Galatasaray High School, Tunçdan Baltacıoğlu completed his undergraduate studies at the Ankara Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences in 1969. He received his Ph.D. in 1975 and conducted postdoctoral research at Michigan State University in the United States between 1976 and 1977. He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 1979 and became a Full Professor in 1988. He served for many years as a faculty member in the Department of Production Management and Marketing at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gazi University. From 1979 to 1981, he was the Director of the Muğla School of Tourism and Hotel Management. In addition to his academic career, Prof. Baltacıoğlu served as Chairman of the Central Anatolian Exporters’ Association and held various senior executive roles in private sector institutions, including Executive Board Member, General Coordinator, and Board Member. Between 2006 and 2012, he successfully served as Vice Rector and was appointed as Rector in January 2012, a position he held until April 2014.

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