Pinar Aslan is from Istanbul, Turkey. She holds two majors in Public Relations and Comparative Literature, and two master’s degrees in Public Relations and Cultural Studies. One of her master’s theses was on social media and public relations practitioners. She holds a PhD from the University of Salamanca, Spain in cultural studies. She is currently writing her second PhD thesis on the effect of Turkish television series in Latin America and Turkish soft power. Pinar Aslan is very much interested in intercultural communication, international public relations, digital communication, and social media behaviour. She also has publications on crisis communications, public diplomacy, and global advertising.