Özet:

This study is on the subject of Mümtaz Turhan, one of the important intellectuals of Turkish thought life, the leading role he has taken in communication research with the social science studies he has done in the years that communication sciences are not yet known in Turkey. Turhan, with his experimental studies in the laboratory environment in the 1930s in Turkey, made a significant contribution to the uninterpreted dimension of communication, while in the 1940s he turned to mass psychology and revealed the relationship between culture and communication, giving the first examples of early-term communication studies. Turhan, who first revealed that it would be misinterpreted by isolating the processing of gestures and mimics in the circumstances found, also stated that the fundamental determiner in intercultural communication is the attitudes and attitudes of cultural groups, thus providing experimental contributions to the development of communication work. In addition to these, the problems encountered in the modernization of Turkey, addressing in the context of language and speech problems between managers and managers, showed the source of problems as communication problems. With all these facts in mind, the work of Turhan was subject to symptomatic reading, and it was attempted to contribute to literature by showing its direct and indirect contribution to communication sciences.

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Özet:

Mümtaz Turhan was one of the most remarkable intellectuals of Turkish thought life; this study is about Mümtaz Turhan’s initial role in communication and sociology studies in years when communication sciences have not been known in Turkey. While Turhan was providing empirical contributions to the nonverbal dimension of communication by empirical studies in a laboratory environment in Turkey in the 1930s, he also gave the first examples of early period communication works by revealing the relationship between acculturation and communication via mass psychology in 1940s. Turhan was the first intellectual who pointed out that using gestures and facial expressions by insulating within available conditions is misinterpreted; he also argued that the key determinator in intercultural communication is the attitude and manners. Accordingly, he provided empirical contributions to the improvement of communication studies. Moreover, Turhan showed the source of problems as the communication problems by analyzing problems in Turkish modernization within the scope of language and speech cases. Turhan’s books were subjected to symptomatic reading in this study that was conducted by considering all these facts. Moreover, we also endeavored to contribute to the literature by revealing direct and indirect benefits to communication sciences.