Nermin Abadan Unat | |
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Senator of Republican People's Party | |
In office 1978–1980 | |
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Born | Vienna, Austria | 18 September 1921
Nationality | Turkish |
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Occupation | Academician, lawyer, sociologist, writer, professor |
Nermin Abadan Unat (born 18 September 1921) is a Turkish academician, lawyer, sociologist, writer, and a professor at Boğaziçi University.[1] She studies Turkish immigration as well as women's rights in Turkey.[2] From 1978 to 1980, she was a member of the (now abolished) Senate of Turkey.[3]
She was one of the leading faces in the development of communications management in Turkey. She introduced the word ''Kamuoyu'' to the Turkish language as a translation for the term public opinion. Similarly, she was the first person to use the term ''Halkla Münasebetler'' in literary works as a translation for the term public relations.