Milestones in Turkish public relations history

This study aims to mention the most important events, cases and names that have had an impact on the public relations profession in Turkey within historically-divided developmental periods between 1920 and 2012. While forming the historical periods into sub-phases, socio-political and economical contexts are considered. Three separate periods are named: antecedents, emergence and developmental. Concerning these periods, the applicability of Grunig and Hunt's (1984) four models of PR is discussed within a Turkish context, and it is concluded that the typology does not totally fit into Turkish PR history.

► Turkish PR history is analyzed within economic, sociological and political contexts.
► Milestones of PR are examined from 1920 up until 2012.
► Turkish PR history is seperated into periods: antecedents, emergence, development.
► Events, cases and names that have had an impact on the PR in Turkey are mentioned.
► Grunig and Hunt's typology is discussed within the Turkish context.