Prof Dr Mehmet Zahid Sobaci has been appointed DG of the Turkish public broadcaster TRT.
In a statement the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), of which TRT is a member, says that Sobaci has been working as the vice director of the directorate of communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey for the last three years. He was also chair of the board of directors of the Press Advertising Agency between 2019-2021.
It adds that his areas of expertise are reform in public administration, public policy and the relationship between social media and politics and he has written several books and many articles on the subjects.