Nermin Abadan Unat (born 18 September 1921) is a Turkish academician, lawyer, sociologist, writer, and a professor at

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait. It has six faculties and tw ...

. She studies Turkish

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...

as well as

women's rights in Turkey Women in Turkey are women who live in or are from Turkey. Turkey gave full political rights to women, including the right to elect and be elected locally in 1930 (nationwide in 1934). Article 10 of the Turkish Constitution bans any discrimina ...

. From 1978 to 1980, she was a member of the (now abolished) Senate of Turkey. She was one of the leading faces in the development of

communications management Communications management is the systematic planning, implementing, monitoring, and revision of all the channels of communication within an organization and between organizations; it also includes the organization and dissemination of new communi ...

in Turkey. She introduced the word ''Kamuoyu'' to the

Turkish language Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant sma ...

as a translation for the term

public opinion Public opinion is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to a society. It is the people's views on matters affecting them. Etymology The term "public opinion" was derived from the French ', which was first use ...

. Similarly, she was the first person to use the term ''Halkla Münasebetler'' in literary works as a translation for the term

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. ...

Education and career

Unat went to İzmir Girls' High School when she was younger, after which she graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Law. She continued to work for a magazine named ''Ulus'' from 1944 to 1950 following her graduation. She managed to receive a scholarship to attend the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

, where she graduated in 1953. After completing her education, she went on to work as an assistant in Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences. She became an associate professor five years later, and a full professor in 1966. Unat, who founded the "Political Behavior Institute" in the same faculty, worked in many places abroad. She mainly dealt with issues of immigrant Turkish workers and women's issues abroad. Her book, Woman in Turkish Society, was also published in German and English. She served as the Vice President of the

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(IPSA), the President of the Turkish Social Sciences Association, and since 1978, the Vice President of the Council of Europe's Gender Equality Commission. Between 1978 and 1980, she entered the

Turkish parliament The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( tr, ), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament ( tr, or ''Parlamento''), is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Consti ...

as a quota senator for the political party CHP. She was awarded the

Vehbi Koç Ahmet Vehbi Koç (20 July 1901 – 25 February 1996) was a Turkish entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Group, one of Turkey’s largest groups of companies. During his lifetime he came to be one of Turkey's wealthiest citi ...

Award in 2012 for the value she added to the field of education.

Recent endeavors

Nermin Abadan Unat currently teaches at

and Istanbul University's Women Research Center. She received a medal of merit from the President of Germany. Her books and articles on Turkish workers abroad have been translated in German, English and French.

Publications

*Migration and Development (Nuffic/SBF, Ankara, 1975) * * *Women in the Developing World: Evidence from Turkey,(Denver U., 1986) *Migration without end.... From Guestworker to Transnational Citizen (Bilgi Univ:Istanbul, 2002)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Unat, Nermin Abadan 1921 births Living people Austrian people of German descent Austrian people of Turkish descent Austrian sociologists Turkish centenarians Turkish sociologists 20th-century Turkish lawyers Women centenarians Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Austrian emigrants to Turkey Turkish expatriates in the United States

Education and career

Recent endeavors

Publications

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