n order to define the general traits of the historiography of public relations
in Turkey, to describe its characteristic features and to present the current
developments in the study of public relations history in Turkey, books on public
relations in Turkey have been surveyed first. The sample of the study consists
of around 30 books (which are not collections or translations) written since 1967.
Several factors gave way to such a selection: First of all, books used in the
communication faculties of prominent universities in Turkey (Ankara University,
Anadolu University, Ege University, Galatasaray University, Gazi University,
Istanbul University, Marmara University, etc.) in the courses on public relations
have been included in the study. Then, books reached through searching the
Ankara University library with keywords ‘public relations’ have been analyzed
within the scope of literature survey.