Analysis of Advertisements from Different Sectors in Turkey within the Context of Gender Equality

The concept of gender equality, which is among the most frequently discussed topics in our country, especially in recent years, appears as an area that has been examined intensively in the national agenda. As a result, different discussions may arise about the conceptual dimension. Even today, gender equality can often be confused with different disciplines. The best example of this is the misconception of the concept of feminism as gender equality. However, contrary to popular belief, feminism does not have the same meaning as gender equality. Although feminism is related to gender equality, they are not really substitute terms. Nevertheless, in many articles or researches, it can be seen that they are described as if they were the same. And yet, when the recent studies on gender equality are examined, these misunderstandings are observed to have begun to be overcome. At the same time, awareness is raised about gender equality thanks to these contents, and it is gradually increasing with the support of non-governmental organizations, big brands and platforms. The biggest indicator of this increase is the increased number of advertisements based on gender equality and the granting of awards related on the topic. For this reason, within the scope of this study, literature review is conducted on the advertisements that ranked in the category of Gender Equality at the 2019 Crystal Apple Award Ceremony and semiotic analysis methods, and interpretations are made on the advertisement pillar of the gender equality movement and the perception of gender in our country.

Congratulations! Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics Best Paper Award 2020

Navigation Based on Metric Route Information in Places Where the Mobile Robot Visits for the First Time We are pleased to announce that the 13th Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics Best Paper Award (JRM Best Paper Award 2020) has been decided by the JRM editorial committee. The following paper won the JRM Best Paper Award 2020, severely selected from among all 77 papers published in Vol.31 (2019). The Best Paper Award ceremony was held in Gakushi-Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, on December 23, 2020 (both on-site and online), attended by the authors and JRM editorial committee members who took part in the selection process. The award winner will also be announced on the JRM website and was given a certificate and a nearly US$1,000 honorarium. We congratulate the winners and sincerely wish them success in the future. Asahi Handa, Azumi Suzuki, Hisashi Date, Ryohsuke Mitsudome, Takashi Tsubouchi, and Akihisa Ohya J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.31, No.2, pp. 180-193, April 2019 doi: 10.20965/jrm.2019.p0180

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS’ IN LITERATURE SPEECH STRATEGIES (BASED ON THE AWARD CEREMONY SPEECHES)

This research is devoted to semantic-stylistic and paradigmatic features of Nobel Prize laureates’ texts, implemented through public speech. The results of the study allowed to identify and clarify the basic pragmalinguistic principles and structural and functional features of banquet speech, as well as various speech strategies and tactics that are necessary to achieve a communicative intention. Laureates’ intention is to express a creative and philosophical worldview, as well as gratitude to the commission for the Nobel Prize awarding and to her or his colleagues for their assistance in the study.

Jaroslav Heyrovský: The story of a mercury drop

''Professor Heyrovský. You are the originator of one of the most important methods of contemporary chemical analysis. Your instrument is extremely simple - just falling droplets of mercury - but you and your collaborators have shown that it can be used for the most diverse purposes ... May I ask you to advance and receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for this year from the hands of our King'', said professor Arne Ölander, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, in Czech language to the laureate Jaroslav Heyrovský at the award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10th December 1959. The year of 2020 is the year of 130th anniversary of the birth of prof. Jaroslav Heyrovský, the first Czech recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and 61 years since he received his prize in Stockholm (Sweden).

Congratulations! The Sixth JDR Award

The Sixth JDR Award ceremony was held online due to COVID-19 on October 6, 2020 and a prize were given to Professor Masato Iguchi, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan. We congratulate the winner and sincerely wish for future success.