Ferruh Mutlu Binark
Prof.Dr. Ferruh Mutlu Binark
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, Chair of Division of Informatics and Information Technologies, Türkiye
She graduated from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema at Ankara University in 1989. She completed her postgraduate studies at the Institute of Social Sciences at Ankara University. She received her Ph.D. degree in "Communication" in 1999 and was awarded the title of Associate Professor in "Communication Sciences" in 2003. She conducted doctoral field research at the University of Tokyo with a Japanese Government scholarship, and postdoctoral research at Aarhus University and the University of Odense with scholarships from the Danish Government and TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences).
She currently continues her academic work as a faculty member at the Hacettepe University Faculty of Communication. She is a member of the Alternative Informatics Association. She also graduated from Ankara University's Faculty of Language, History, and Geography with a MS degree in Sinology (2007).
Between 2017 and 2021, she served as the Editor of Moment Journal. In 2018, she was a visiting researcher for six months at Busan University of Foreign Studies (Busan, South Korea), conducting research on the Korean government's creative industry and cultural policies. In 2020, she was elected as a member of the Communication Specialization Committee of the UNESCO Turkish National Commission (2020-2022).
"Hacettpe University, Faculty of Communication"
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Intercultural communication is not unique to the globalization trend of the mid-20th century. This paper examines the life narrative of Naile Kamay Binark, a member of a Tatar family, tracing her journey from birth in Korea to migration to Türkiye in late 1940s. She was born in Keijo during the Japanese occupation and immigrated to Türkiye as a free immigrant post-World War II. Here, this story of her migration is analyzed through two types of cultural material: a Korean chest and her family photographs. Migration across the Asian continent was prevalent in the early 1900s due to economic and political factors, leading to a significant Tatar diaspora. Originating from Russia, these Tatars settled in cities along the Russia-China railroad, establishing communities in Manchuria and cities across Korea (Seoul, Busan, Daegu) and Japan. They actively engaged in trade and established cultural and religious centers in places like Harbin, Tokyo, and Seoul.
This paper analyzes her family's Korean cultural heritage objects—specifically the Korean chest—from the perspective of cultural material and cultural studies. Now donated to the Korean Cultural Center in Ankara, the chest is viewed as more than a cultural treasure; it is a carrier of lifestyle that ensures intergenerational continuity and holds symbolic meaning in migration history. It represents an intercultural amalgam, uniting family through Tatar, Korean, and Turkish cultural practices. By tracing the Tatar migration through this chest and photographs, this paper reveals that intercultural communication is facilitated through the integration of cultural materials into everyday life, not solely through media and new media.