Tuncay Karabulut, Konya Regional Director of the Presidential Communications Directorate, Rıfat Yerlikaya, Konya Regional Director of Anadolu Agency and Ali Aktaş, Konya Branch Manager of the Press Advertisement Agency, came together with the students of Selçuk University (SU) Faculty of Communication at the conference titled "Media Institutions Meet with Communication Faculty Students".

In the conference organized by the Faculty of Communication of SU, students were told about the institutional structure and functioning of the Presidential Communications Directorate, Anadolu Agency (AA) and Press Advertisement Agency.

The conference, moderated by Prof. Dr. Şükrü Balcı, Head of the Department of Journalism, was held at SU Sultan Alparslan Cultural Center and attended by Prof. Dr. Enderhan Karakoç, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Dr. Enderhan Karakoç, Assistant Dean Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr. Enderhan Karakoç, Assistant Dean Dr. Özlem Özgür, faculty members and students attended the conference.

Tuncay Karabulut, Konya Regional Director of the Presidential Communications Directorate, said that media members work in a field where they need to educate themselves well. Stating that they are trying to create Turkey's brand as the Presidential Communications Directorate, Karabulut said, "An office called 'Turkey Brand Office' will be established in the near future. With a new organization, there will be an effort to manage the perception of Turkey in the best way possible." Karabulut stated that with the effective use of the Internet, local press can reach large masses and gave information about the State Information System, Voice of Anatolia, CIMER, accreditation services, Digital Screening Center and the events organized.

AA Konya Regional Director Rıfat Yerlikaya also stated that the agency is Turkey's face to the globalizing world. Stating that the world follows many important events from Anadolu Agency, Yerlikaya said, "Anadolu Agency has become one of the most effective news agencies in the world with its fast, reliable and impartial journalism approach since its establishment. In the past, a few international agencies dominated the world press. Today, with the breakthroughs we have made, we have become one of the most important reference agencies in the world. The content we produce is used by 6 thousand media outlets around the world."

Ali Aktaş, Konya Branch Manager of the Press Advertisement Agency, said: "Our agency mediates the publication of official announcements and advertisements of public institutions in newspapers and magazines. It inspects newspapers and magazines periodically or depending on complaints within the scope of legislation and press ethics principles."

The conference ended with the presentation of plaques to the speakers after the question and answer session.