Zeynep Karahan Uslu

Zeynep Karahan Uslu is a Turkish communications scientist, public relations specialist, activist, and politician.

Between 2009 and 2011, she was adviser to the chancellor of TOBB University of Economics and Technology and served as faculty member and chair of the Department of Visual Communication Design at the School of Fine Arts.

After serving again as Deputy at the Turkish parliament during the 24th legislative session, she was the first Chair of Public Relations and Advertising at Çankaya University of Ankara, where she currently holds the positions of professor, head of department, and advisor to the chairman of the board of trustees.

She was also the spokesperson for the Environment Committee, the deputy chairperson of the Turkey-Pakistan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, a member of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development, and the co-chair of the Turkey-Italy Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Protocol during the course of the 22nd legislative session of the Turkish parliament.

She was re-elected to parliament during the 24th legislative session as Deputy of Şanlıurfa, being the third female parliamentarian in the city’s history.

(English-Turkish) • Bilinç Endüstrisinin İktidar ve Siyaset Pratikleri, Zeynep Karahan Uslu, Can Bilgili, and Beta Yayınları, Istanbul, 2009.