Betül Mardin
{{Short description|Turkish journalist (born 1926)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Betül Mardin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1926|12|01}}
| birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey
| education =
| alma_mater = Arnavutköy American College for Girls
| occupation = Journalist
| organization = Istanbul Bilgi University
| known_for =
| spouse = {{marriage|Akgün Usta|1950|1956|reason=div}}
{{marriage|Haldun Dormen|1959|1967|reason=div}}
| children = 2
| relatives = Arif Mardin (brother)
Şerif Mardin (cousin)
}}
Betül Mardin (born 1 December 1926) is a Turkish journalist who laid the foundations of public relations in Turkey.{{Cite book |last=ERKAN |first=JOAN KİM |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ku5NEAAAQBAJ&dq=bet%C3%BCl+mardin&pg=PT165 |title=LADY WHO |publisher=Tudem Yayın Gurubu |isbn=978-625-7314-56-5 |language=en}}
Early life and education
Mardin was born on 1926 in Istanbul. She is the second child of the Mardin family, an Ottoman family whose roots go back to Hussein, the grandson of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.{{Cite web |date=2007-11-10 |title=AKSİYON DERGİSİ {{!}} www.aksiyon.com.tr {{!}} HAFTALIK HABER DERGİSİ |url=http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/detay.php?id=15934 |access-date=2023-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110093707/http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/detay.php?id=15934 |archive-date=2007-11-10 }} She is the older sister of famous music producer Arif Mardin.{{Cite web |title=Halkla İlişkilerin Duayeni Betûl Mardin Kimdir? |url=http://www.leblebitozu.com/halkla-iliskilerin-duayeni-betul-mardin-kimdir/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=www.leblebitozu.com}}
She graduated from Arnavutköy American College for Girls and BBC Television Course, rose to the presidency of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) in 1995{{Cite book |last1=Nur |first1=Erdem, M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MLkIEAAAQBAJ&dq=bet%C3%BCl+mardin&pg=PA688 |title=Handbook of Research on Aestheticization of Violence, Horror, and Power |last2=Nihal |first2=Kocabay-Sener |last3=Tu?ba |first3=Demir |date=2020-10-02 |publisher=IGI Global |isbn=978-1-7998-4656-7 |language=en}} and became the first Turkish female president of IPRA with this task. She is considered a master in public relations with this award, which is one of the few in the world, with the title "Member Emeritus", which was later given to her by the International Public Relations Association.{{Cite book |last=Küçük |first=Yalçın |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICPBoMwtSgQC&dq=bet%C3%BCl+mardin&pg=PA46 |title=Şebeke = "Network" |date=2002 |publisher=Ithaki Publishing |isbn=978-975-8725-73-1 |language=tr}} She is a faculty member at Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations.{{Cite book |last1=Erciş |first1=Mehmet Serdar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M2fpDwAAQBAJ&dq=bet%C3%BCl+mardin&pg=PA161 |title=New Communication Approaches in the Digitalized World |last2=Başar |first2=Enes Emre |date=2020-06-04 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-5422-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Yilmaz |first=Bayar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkHADwAAQBAJ&dq=bet%C3%BCl+mardin&pg=PA512 |title=Handbook of Research on Social and Economic Development in the European Union |date=2019-11-29 |publisher=IGI Global |isbn=978-1-7998-1190-9 |language=en}}
Personal life
Betül was married twice, first with Akgün Usta{{Cite web |title=BETÜL MARDiN OLMAK |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/cadde/betul-mardin-olmak-1460354 |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Milliyet |date=8 November 2011 |language=tr}} where she had a daughter and second with Turkish actor Haldun Dormen{{Cite web |last=KAZANCI |first=Röportaj: Yeşim GÜNAL Fotoğraflar: Sercan |title=Boşanmasaydık birbirimizi boğazlardık! |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kelebek/bosanmasaydik-birbirimizi-bogazlardik-21623073 |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=www.hurriyet.com.tr |date=5 October 2012 |language=tr}} where she had a son.
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