R. Gulay Ozturk was born in 1981, in Istanbul. She received her bachelor's degree from Marmara University at the Department of Public Relations and Publicity in 2004 and her master's degree and PhD from the same university at the Department of Advertising and Publicity. After receiving her PhD, she went to Georgetown University CCT Faculty in Washington DC as a short-term scholar with a Postdoctoral Research Scholarship of TUBITAK for her post-doc research. She is working as an Assistant Prof. in Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Communication at the Department of Public Relations. The research areas that she is interested in include advertising, digital advertising, emotions, product placements, tourism advertising, brand and strategic planning.