In time, the studies of the association drew attention both in Turkey and on an international scale. The Sarmaşık Model was listened to attentively in various national and international meetings.
It is said that many journalists who were unemployed following the coup d’etat of 1980 went into the ad-writing business. Semra Pelek, who was working as a politics editor in Milliyet and was sacked in August 2015 with 10 fellow journalists, went into a similar job. Of course, this was after a year of unemployment.