Istanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) organized a ceremony for the 10th of November Atatürk Memorial Day. Head of the Board of Trustees Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver, our Rector Prof. Dr. Erhan Güzel, our Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Nihal Sarıer, academic and administrative staff attended the ceremony held at the Ataköy campus in consideration of social distance rules due to the New Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19). The commemoration program, held on the 82nd anniversary of  Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s passing to eternity, started on Tuesday, November 10, at 09.05, with the presentation of a wreath to the Atatürk bust in the front garden of the Ataköy campus, with a moment of silence and with the singing of the Turkish National Anthem.

Istanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) Head of the Board of Trustees Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver published a message regarding the IKU agenda which has changed with the New Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

My Dear Kültür Family,

The earthquake in Izmir last week shook us all deeply as the country. I would like to convey my get well soon wishes to all my colleagues whose family and relatives are in Izmir. We all wish not to experience such painful events again.

We are going through difficult days trying to manage the side effects of a health and safety centered crisis. However, there are also developments that encourage us about the future in the ordinary course of daily life. In particular, we are honored to see that our university is among the top 50 universities in the TÜBİTAK 2020 Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index, where we understand the vital value of science and research more and more. I congratulate all my colleagues who contributed to this success that crowned our excitement as we continue our preparations for the BİLSAP Scientific and Artistic Activities Support Program Award Ceremony planned for Thursday, November 26, 2020. I wholeheartedly believe that in the index prepared according to 22 indicators in four dimensions: "Scientific technological research competence", "intellectual property pool", "cooperation and interaction" and "economic contribution and commercialization", we will carry our university higher with its studies.

My Dear Kültür Family,

I am aware that you are trying to cope with many factors that affect your motivation to work and produce. While feeling the pressure of health, safety and economy on the one hand, we struggle to exist by producing in life on the other hand. Especially in this period when there was a serious economic recession, we, as the Kültür family, have made a serious effort for the last 8 months in terms of maintaining our standards and ensuring the security of our colleagues. However, the current economic conditions have reached a level that requires careful management until the end of next year. For this reason, considering the business and economic balances, we have put part-time work and unpaid leave on our agenda as an option. None of the decisions made during this time are personal. All decisions are an unwanted result of the difficult process through which we are going. Although the circumstances confront us with the turnouts, I would like to point out that every name of our academic and administrative staff who worked hard for Kültür is very valuable to us, and thank everyone of them.

My Dear Kültür Family,

It is our common wish to return to our previous order in health and safety. In this context, our Support Services Department "Within the Scope of Return to Our Campuses After COVID-19"carefully carries out hygiene studies. In November, a large-scale sterilization work will be carried out in all common areas used by our academic and administrative staff. I especially ask you to follow the hygiene, mask and distance rules much more carefully nowadays, where the seriousness of the second wave is emphasized with concrete statistics.

My Dear Kültür Family,

As a university, there are two very important dates in November for our values and mission; 10th of November Atatürk Memorial Day and 24th of November Teachers' Day. A strong program reflecting the meaning of the day was prepared with the joint work of Atatürk's Principles and the History of the Turkish Revolution Department, Kültür Point and Directorate of Corporate Communication  within the scope of Atatürk Memorial Day, which is the inspiration of Kültür foundations with its principles and revolutions. I would like to ask you to support our Great Leader with your participation in the commemoration activities prepared for Atatürk's Death Anniversary, which defines us as the Kültür Family and is our most fundamental value from which we take our strength, and on this occasion I commemorate our Great Leader with respect and gratitude..

Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver
Head of the Board of Trustees

A documentary was screened by the Foreign Languages ​​Department Steam Club as part of the 10 November Atatürk Memorial Day activities. The Prep Class students watched the documentary "Atatürk: ​​Father of Turks" and commemorated the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at the event, which was held on Tuesday, November 10, in the Ataköy campus by observing the social distance rules due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

İstanbul Kültür University (IKU) Department of Architecture is organizing a photography contest via Instagram for all architecture students. “#İKÜarchipandemic”; is a photo-challenge contest which will last 21 days and is about Architecture and Pandemic. 

Information about the Contest:

21DaysPhoto-Challenge #İKÜarchipandemic

How Do I Apply?

- Follow the @ikumimarlikbolumu Instagram account.
- Take photos of Architecture and Pandemic.
- Challenge 3 of your Architecture student friends.
- Post the photos on your Instagram account with #İKÜarchipandemic hashtag.

When Will the Results Be Announced?

The results will be announced on December 14, 2020.

What Are the Contest’s Prizes?

- First place: 750 Turkish Liras
- Second Place: 650 Turkish Liras
- Third Place: 550 Turkish Liras 

A workshop titled "Experiencing Istanbul" was held on Saturday, November 7, 2020, under the coordination of Prof. Dr. Esin Hasgül, Res. Assist. Dilara Gür and Res. Assist.  Merve Aksoy Oral, academicians from İKÜ Architecture Department. In the event, where the historical and cultural layers of Istanbul were explained, individual studies were carried out by assigning areas from the historical peninsula and its immediate surroundings to students based on the urban concepts defined by Kevin Lynch. Students were asked to make speculative interventions based on the add-remove technique, by examining this region contextually. In this context, critical discussions were held over the visuals prepared by the students with digital editing programs.

İKÜ Vocational School (MYO) realized the first of the "Yeni’den Düşl E-Workshop Series" series on Friday, November 6, 2020 with the theme "Kültür is Life". The first guest of the e-workshop, which started with the slogan "Fikrim Sen", was Birol Güven, the scriptwriter and producer of projects such as Çocuklar Duymasın, Seksenler, En Son Babalar Duyar, and Mandıra Filozofu. In the event; Ideas were exchanged about post-industrialization work opportunities, the contribution of the storytelling method to our lives and new generation work opportunities. At the end of the event, Birol Güven asked our students to think about what has changed in their lives in the past 5 years and to make predictions about the changes in the next 5 years.

Kültür Point held the opening meeting of the 2020-2021 Graduate Mentorship program on the ZOOM platform on Monday, November 9, 2020 at 20:00. At the meeting attended by 12 mentors and mentees, the process and negotiations experienced as a result of the matches were discussed. The meeting ended after the participants' questions were answered.

Founder of TETRAZON, Industrial Product Designer & Museologist Burçak Madran was the guest of the second seminar series organized within the scope of the "Exhibition and Exhibition Venues Design" course conducted by Handan Güzelci in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design. The event was held on Thursday, November 5th at 10:00 am via CATS Meetings.

An e-seminar titled “HR Interviews-2” was held on Wednesday, November 11 in cooperation with Istanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) Vocational School, Kültür Point and Human Resources Club. Senior Manager Muhammet Ali Hazar from Mental HR & Consultancy, who attended the event as a speaker, answered our students' questions about the sector about employment in the private sector, talent acquisition programs and career journey.

The painting work of Assist. Prof. Reyhan Uludağ Eraslan, one of our academicians in the Department of Art Management, for the "29 October International Jury Online Group Exhibition 2020" organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts of Çukurova University, was deemed worthy to be exhibited by the jury.

Public Relations Association of Turkey (TÜHİD) met at an online meeting with Deans, department heads and lecturers from 50 Communication Faculty and Vocational High School for the adaptation of the young communicators in the sector. In the meeting attended by the Head of IKU Vocational School Public Relations and Promotion Program Gözde Kuzu; the topics of "Expectations of the Communication Sector from Young Communicators", "University / TÜHİD / Communication Sector Collaboration Models" and "The Needs of Young Communicators and Their Expectations from the Sector" were discussed.

Within the scope of the "ARC0003 Architectural Design III" course given in the Department of Architecture English Program, all project groups led by Assist. Prof. Gamze Alptekin, Assist. Prof.  Esin Hasgül, Dr.  Nur Kızılyaprak and Res. Assist. Berkay Oskay, the assistance of FMV Ispartakule Işık High School Psychological Consultant Gözde Döşlü and the 11th grade student Selin Köseoğlu came together at the meeting titled “Housing During Pandemic”. After sharing the general information about architectural education and the examples of the studies carried out within the course, the students of the Department of Architecture; They directed their questions about life in dwellings under pandemic conditions, new ways of use and expectations to Selin Köseoğlu as a residential user, representing the relevant age group. The meeting, which was held on Monday, November 9, 2020 via Microsoft Teams, was completed with the wishes of the cooperation to continue in the future.

Proceedings of Lecturer Emine Anık from İstanbul Kültür University Vocational School (VHS) Business Management Program, Lecturer Merve Bayraktar from Foreign Trade Program and Lecturer Canan Bulut Korkmaz from Health Care Management Program titled "Medical Tourism in Turkey in terms of Marketing and Sustainability (Medical Tourism and Sustainability in terms of marketing) published at the "4. Economic Research and Financial Markets Congress with International Participation’’

IKU Vocational School (MYO) Alternative Energy Resources Program Head lecturer Dr. Makbule Tamkaş's article titled "Dipole response of 87 Rb and its impact on the 86Rb (n, γ) 87Rb cross section" was published in Physical Review C journal with Science Citation Index (SCI) on 27 October 2020.

The Department of English Language and Literature will organize a webinar titled "Hamlet Through Camera" to support career planning processes by bringing students together with artists and academicians who are experts in their fields. The event, where director & academician Levent Kurumlu from the Istanbul Okan University Conservatory Department of Theater will be a speaker, will be held on Monday, November 16 at 15:00 on CATS.

An e-workshop titled “Body Interactive Technologies” will be held within the scope of “İÇM0942 Space-Body Interaction” course conducted by Assist. Prof. Derya Adıgüzel Özbek, one of our academicians from the Department of Interior Architecture Environmental Design. The event, where High Interior Architect Ebru Yücesan will be a speaker, will be held on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 between 09.00-12.00 on CATS Meetings.

IKU Vocational School (MYO) will organize an e-seminar titled "Overview of Cruise Tourism and Its Contribution to Local Economy", where Cangezi Tourism Founder Ilker Horozcu will be a speaker. The event, where Program of Tourism and Hotel Management Director Lecturer Pelin Tuna will act as the moderator, will be held on Wednesday, November 18 between 15.00-17.00 on CATS.

Istanbul Kültür University the Department of Architecture continues to introuce world’s famous architects with its students and the architercure environment. Second guest of 2020-2021 Academic Year will be Dean of MIT Faculty of Architecture and Planning & Curator of Venice Architecture Bienal Prof. Dr. Hashim Sarkis. The conferance titled “Closed Figures, Open Configurations” will be on Adobe Connect Virtual Class Application, on November 18 Wednesday, at 20.00.

The Department of Library and Documentation, will hold a webinar titled "How Do JoVE Videos Benefit for Distance Education?.” The event, where TechKnowledge Senior Sales Manager Semih Bakar will be a speaker, will be held on Thursday, November 19 at 16:00 on Adobe Connect Virtual Classroom Application..

An e-seminar titled "Supports for Entrepreneurs" will be held in cooperation with the Deparment of Industrial Engineering and the Industrial Engineering Club. The event, where KOSGEB Istanbul İkitelli Manager Tolga Erkan will be a speaker, will be held on Thursday, November 19 at 20.30 via Adobe Connect Virtual Classroom Application.

The Department of Foreign Languages, will organise a e-panel titled “New Trends In ELT” in order to share the new developments in the field of teaching foreign languages to students. The event in which Prof. Dr. Birsen Tütüniş and Assist. Prof. Taj Bakhsh Hosseini from our academicians and Lecturer Doğuş Aydın from İstanbul Aydın University are the speakers, will held on November 20 Friday, between 11.00-16.00 on CATS.

The Department of Educational Sciences will organize an event to raise awareness about LÖSEV within the scope of the "Community Service Practices" course. The event, where LÖSEV Benefit Project Manager Aslı Çavdar is a speaker, will be held on Friday, November 20 at 14:00 over CATS.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Student Life, Career and Graduate Counseling Unit (Kültür Point) will organize the "Philosophy of Mathematics and Thought Workshop" in order to discuss the ways of reaching results without questioning the unthinkable. The training, which will be given by Information & Management Consultant Numan Aydınoğlu, will be held on Friday, November 20 between 16.00-18.00 over CATS.

IKU Social Responsibility Club will organize an event within the scope of “20 November Children's Rights Day”. The event, in which Melek Okur, the Founding President of Hayata Renk Ver (Give Color to Life) Association, is a speaker, will be held on Friday, November 20 at 21.45 on the @iku_sosyalsorumluluk Instagram account.

I work as the Head of the Banking and Insurance Program (Formal Education). I graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Statistics. I completed my doctorate in Marmara University Statistics Program.

While studying at the university, I was leaning towards making an academic career. I started my master's degree after my graduation. During my master's education, I found myself in an intense research process. With this process, the idea of ​​doing this as a profession got stronger and turned into a demand. So I started to research the staff of universities. In 2008, I started to work as a Research Assistant at Istanbul Kultur University Vocational School.

I have been working actively for 12 years at IKU, the first and only institution where I worked. That's why I have a spiritual commitment to Kültür Family. I have a culture, understanding and experience that I have gained both administratively and academically through my institution. These are very precious values ​​in my world.

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