Assist. Prof. Edip Seçkin and Assist. Prof. Erdal Coşkun from Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering Earthquake Damage Assessment and Evaluation Team, paid a visit the earthquake-effected region between 8-12 March 2023 with the IKU Rectorate entrusted mission of analysing and evaluating the aftermath of the earthquake that occurred in Kahramanmaraş and affected 11 provinces.

Our professors, who identified the structural traces of the earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Nurdağı, İslahiye, Hatay, Pazarcık, Antakya and Samandağı regions, came back to evaluate the gathered data.

IKU Earthquake Damage Assessment and Evaluation Team with Assist. Prof. Pınar İnci Koçak from the Department of Civil Engineering accompanying them, revisited the region and contributed to the analysis and evaluation efforts carried out by national and international researchers. In the second visit to the earthquake-effected region, visits were paid to Gaziantep, Nurdağı, İslahiye, Hatay, Pazarcık, İskenderun, Malatya, Gölbaşı and Çiğli regions and information was gathered from the regions and structures.

The second of the "Academy of Sustainable Post-Disaster Sustainable Life", which was planned by the Student Life, Career and Alumni Advisory Unit (Kültür Point) with the theme of raising awareness for and after the disaster, with the title of "Earthquakes and Disaster Education in Türkiye", was held on Tuesday, April 4th, at 15.00 via Microsoft Teams. Kandilli Observatory and DAE Regional Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring and Evaluation Centre Director Geophysical Eng. Assoc. Prof. Doğan Kalafat, who attended the event as the speaker, discussed the earthquake from different ground and structural perspectives. Emphasizing the global deaths caused by natural disasters, the risks and danger of earthquakes, Assoc. Prof. Doğan Kalafat explained in detail the precautions to be taken before the earthquake and what to do in the event of an earthquake and gave disaster training to the participants. The seminar ended after the questions of the participants were answered.

The ARC-H-TEC team's project titled "Energy Efficient Living Unit in the Case of Disasters ", which was granted the chance to receive monetary aid under the TÜBİTAK 2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program in 2022, passed the preliminary evaluation and project evaluation stages of the TEKNOFEST Technology for Humanity Competition in the "Disaster Management" category, “University or Above Level” and became a finalist.

ARC-H-TEC Team Members Are;

Consultant: Prof. Dr. Filiz Bal Koçyiğit
Team Leader: Nursima Şevli (İstanbul Kültür University- Department of Architecture)
Member: Şimal Kalkan (İstanbul Kültür University – Department of Architecture)
Member: Gökçe Karabulut (İstanbul Kültür University – Department of Architecture)
Member: Ömer Faruk Parlak (İstanbul Kültür University- Department of Electrical Engineering)
Member: Öykü Konya (İstanbul Kültür University- Department of Interior Architecture)
Member: Zeynep Uğur (Eindhoven Technical University – Department of Industrial Design)
Member: Barış Koçyiğit (Atılım University – Department of Computer Engineering)
Member: Hüseyin Şahan (Bilkent University – Department of Industrial Engineering)

IKU Vocational School of Justice organized a study trip to Istanbul Bakırköy Courthouse on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, within the scope of practical training. Our students, who watched the hearings held at the High Criminal Court, were provided with the necessary information by the authorized persons in the Front Offices, Dispatch Office, Registry Office, Directorate of Administrative Affairs, and other parts of the Courthouse. Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor Murat Yiğiter and Chief Clerk Harun Yılmaz were presented a plaque of appreciation in memory of the day.

The Program of Civil Aviation Cabin Services organized a trip to Turkish Airlines Flight Training Center on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, under the coordination of Program Director Lect. Kübra Öztürk and Lect. Oğuz Sönmezoğlu. Our students, who were informed at the Mock-Up training areas within the scope of the trip, had the opportunity to follow the process by watching the current trainings.

A seminar titled "Digitalizing Customer, Digitalizing Brands" was held on the CATS platform on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in cooperation with the Effective Communication Club, New Media and Communication Club, Department of New Media and Communication and Department of Communication Arts. Hammer Jack E-Commerce Director M. Levent Elmas, who attended the event as the speaker, conveyed his experiences in the sector and the processes of digitalized brands to the students. Elmas also touched upon the mistakes of brands that cannot go digital as well as the mistakes of digitalized brands. The event ended after the question-answer session.

Within the scope of the "ARC0104 Ecology and Architecture" course given by Prof. Dr. Filiz Bal Koçyiğit, the students of the Department of Architecture compared the analyses of the structures built with modern and local architectural methods in different climatic regions of the world according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classifications. Our students, who modelled the buildings they chose, analysed indoor and outdoor daylight and wind, turned their work into videos.

IKU Psychology Club organized an event titled "Gender Roles" on the ZOOM platform on Friday, March 10, 2023. Expert Psychologist Aylin Cengiz Akpınarlı attended the event as a speaker. Speaking on gender roles, Akpınarlı conveyed to the participants the perceptions of the person and the society, the repressive aspects of the roles on the individual and the consequences it brings. The event ended after the students' questions were answered.

The second of the meeting series titled "Academic Portraits from the Architecture of the Republic Period" organized by the Architecture Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University as part of the "100th Anniversary of Our Republic Celebration Events" was reserved for Arif Hikmet Holtay. Elif Gelmez Demir and Furkan Evliyaoğlu, from the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, will attend the meeting as guest speakers with their presentation titled “İş Bank Branches of Arif Hikmet Holtay, Building Science Instructor of the Academy”.

The event will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum Conference Hall.

In cooperation with Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Technology Transfer Office (TTO) and KALBEN Association, "Browse Your Education Project Launch" event will be held in order to encourage digital education especially for young people with limited opportunities on Saturday, April 8, between 11.00-13.00 at Erdal İnönü Seminar Hall on our Ataköy Campus.

In cooperation with the Department of Architecture and the Department of Civil Engineering, a seminar titled "What We Learned from the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake: Right Place, Right Building, Right Inspection" seminar will be organized. Assist. Prof. Erdal Coşkun from the Department of Civil Engineering, who will participate in the event as a speaker, will convey the elements that need to be taken into account in earthquake-resistant construction. The event will be held on Monday, April 10 between 12.30-14.00 on 3rd floor Erdal İnönü Seminar Hall.

"Young ISTAC Training" will be organized by the Law Club to introduce students to the arbitration method and the ISTAC institution. The event, in which ISTAC Secretary General Yasin Ekmen and Young ISTAC President Atty. Deniz Özyıldız will be speakers, will be held at ISTAC's headquarters in Şişli-TOBB Plaza on Thursday, April 13 at 14.00.

A webinar titled "Effective Simultaneous and Asynchronous Instructional Planning in Online Education Processes" will be organized by the Online Education Application and Research Centre (UZEMER) to inform the instructors about the ways to formulate effective simultaneous and asynchronous instructional planning in online education processes.

The event titled "A Multi-faceted Look At the Social Media in the Aftermath of the Disaster" will be held as a part of the activities of Academy of Sustainable Life After A Disaster organized by Kültür Point. The event, in which IKU Department of New Media and Communications Vice President Assist. Prof. Ceren Bilgici will be the speaker, will be held virtually on Thursday, April 13 at 15.00 on the Microsoft Teams.

İKÜ Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center continues to bring together amazing events with the people of Kültür and art lovers. Borusan Quartet, which includes important Turkish composers and has a wide repertoire ranging from the classical period to the modern period, will meet with music lovers on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 19.00, at the event to be organized by GSUAM.

Kültür Point will organize the "Diction and Etiquette Training" in order to teach the rules of etiquette and courtesy so that the participants may apply it to all areas of life and by making sure to learn to speak Turkish properly. The training, which will be given by Özcan Tekdemir, will be held on Friday, April 14, between 15.00-18.00, on the CATS platform.