The 2022-2023 Higher Education Academic Year Opening Ceremony was held by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) on Monday, October 10, 2022 at the Presidential Complex with the participation of the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The collective academic year opening ceremony was attended by the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Vice President Fuat Oktay, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Mustafa Şentop, Chairperson of YÖK Erol Özvar, ministers and top officials, front-benchers, YÖK members, heads of relevant institutions, ambassadors, our Rector Prof. Dr. Hanife Öztürk Akkartal, Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Fadime Üney Yüksektepe and Prof. Dr. Gülce Öğrüç Ildız, our Rector Advisor Assist. Dr. Pınar Çağla Kandıralıoğlu Cuylan, our Secretary General Assist. Dr. İbrahim Ethem Tarhan, our students Şevder Dik and Ahmet Burak Pamukoğlu, as well as all university rectors, academics and students.

In the ceremony, a concert by Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University Turkish Music State Conservatory was held. Afterwards, a video was screened about the development and current status of Turkish higher education titled “Higher Education”.

At the ceremony, YÖK President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar and the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made the opening speeches.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, stated that the state has utilized all its means to facilitate the access of young people to higher education in his speech.

Starting his speech by his wishes that the 2022-2023 Academic Year of our universities will prove to be good for our country, YÖK President Erol Özvar pointed out that under the leadership of President Erdoğan, “there has been a significant increase in the number of higher education institutions in Türkiye and that there is now no city without a university. This has expanded Türkiye higher education capacity and thus, more students from all over the country have access to higher education. In the last 20 years in our country, significant improvements have been made in access to higher education with the increase in higher education opportunities, the establishment of new universities and the regulations in the quotas. As the Council of Higher Education, easing the access of our young people who have completed their secondary education and want to study to higher education is undoubtedly among our priorities.” he said.

Istanbul Kültür University Design Factory Project, which is sponsored by Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA), held the Second Evaluation Board meeting on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. The meeting was attended by Sami Kuşçu from Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports, Deniz Üstüner representing the Association of Documentary Filmmakers, Istanbul Kültür University Board of Trustees Advisor Ender Rıza Ekici, Project Coordinator Meltem Zengin, Event Coordinator Bengisu Ankara and Common Area Manager Sena Vardar.  Information was given about the completed and  ongoing projects until 04 October 2022, advice and insights were given by the project partners, Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports and BSB representatives.

The first Astronomy Education Workshop, supported by the International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Education (IAU OAE), was hosted by Istanbul Kültür University on October 8-9.

The workshop, which was held with the participation of primary and secondary school teachers and educators in primary education, was organized by the Department of Physics of our Faculty of Science and Letters. In the workshop, which welcomed national and international experts with the academic support of Turkish Astronomical Society (TAS), AstroBilgi Team and experts in the fields of domestic and abroad, the basic astronomy topics were transferred practically in order for educators to convey the Astronomy topics in the curriculum to their students better and to improve themselves.

Eight students studying at the Department of Architecture at Istanbul Kültür University started an Improvement Project at the Çobanisa Village Primary School in the Sütçüler District of Isparta.  In the project, in which the women and children living in the village also helped, every inch of the school, from the walking path to the building facade, was renovated. With the renovation project completed, the students of Çobanisa Primary School started to attend their classes in the school comfortably.

The project, which started at the end of the 2021-22 Spring Semester with the initiative of eight third year students of the Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture and proceeded with the support of the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and the Head of the Architecture Department, was carried out between 25 July-6 August.

With the contributions of Istanbul Kültür University and project sponsors, the needs of Çobanisa Village Primary School were determined with great care.  Before going  into the project site, the students of the Department of Architecture prepared various designs and projects under the direction of the faculty members. While the project was carried out in the village, the playground area of ​​the school was renovated, new plants and trees were planted.

Play areas were built off of the students' own designs, a route was carved out to allow easy pedestrian access around the area, the facades of kindergarten and primary school buildings were improved upon and were painted, interior floors and walls were improved upon, and some new items, books and gifts collected for the children of the village were delivered.

On 6 August in Village of Çobanisa, Researchers and students from Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, students of the school and the parents in the village had a pleasant meeting and the project was brought to a close.

“OUR CHILDREN ARE ON THE SAME FOOTING WITH THE CITY CHILDREN”

Mahmut Çelik, the chief of Çobanisa Village, said, “The students helped us a great deal. For example, they completely renovated the landscaping.  They built a new playground for our children.  They completely renovated our kindergarten.  They completely painted the interior and exterior of our school.  They did landscaping work.  Do believe me when I say that, our children are now on the same footing with the children of the city.  People of the village  also helped the students.  The pure joy of the children seeing their new school was an indescribable feeling. It was the first time our children had seen something like this because they have lived in the village their whole lives. Therefore, they cried with tears of joy.  Children now you can run to school.  I think such projects will prove to be helpful and I do wish that we see more of them. Thank you very much to the university,” he said.

“NEXT YEAR WE WILL CONTINUE WITH SIMILAR PROJECTS”

Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture Dean Prof.  Dr.  Neslihan Dostoğlu said, “Education in Architecture should not only encompass what is learned at school.  Such social projects contribute greatly to students' education.  Many companies sponsored us in this project.  In fact, even the grandmother of one of our students became one of the sponsors by opening her house in the Sütçüler District of Çobanisa Village to our students during the project.  Such initiatives will continue in the coming years.  We have also started our endeavours in this with the faculty of and the students in the Department of Architecture and the Department of Interior Architecture. The next steps will be taken even further,”.

“THE CHILDREN WERE GOING TO SCHOOL COVERED IN MUD”

Stating that before the renovation project at the school, village children used to go to school covered in mud because of the unpaved roads, Prof.  Dr.  Dostoğlu said, “Here, our students built roads that are easy to walk on.  At each point, points were provided for students to stand and the playground was completely renovated.  The interior and exterior of the school was painted.  Various cabinets were brought for the building.  The chief has also been very supportive of us.  We are proud of this project.”

“3rd Round of ALKIP 1st Stage T.R. Kültür University Seminars,” organized within the scope of the Germany Career and Workforce Program (ALKIP) conducted by the German Career and Workforce Unit (AVKIB), were completed between 17 September-9 October. The participants of the entire seminar series, which were held at IKU Şirinevler Campus, were given an official certificate prepared by IKU & DMAN.

Under the chairpersonship of our Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Gülce Öğrüç Ildız and Prof. Dr. Fadime Üney Yüksektepe, TTO Director Assoc. Dr. Süleyman Hikmet Çağlar and Technology Transfer and University-Industry Collaboration Specialist Yasin Şahin gave a presentation on academic entrepreneurship and incorporation to our Faculty of Engineering lecturers on Wednesday, October 12th.

Istanbul Kültür University student clubs had a meeting with Kültür Point unit officials. 50 club presidents attended the meeting held at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on Thursday, October 6, 2022. Kültür Point Unit Vice President Doğa Kurtyiğit and Education Activities and Organization Assistant Specialist Efe Anğın informed the club presidents about the processes. Yıldırım Özkan, Advertising and Promotion Manager of the Department of Corporate Communications, also attended the meeting and expressed his views and had a few suggestions about the social media management of the clubs. The meeting, in which also demands of the clubs were taken note of, was concluded after the question and answer session.

The orientation program for the first year students of the Istanbul Kültür University Department of Educational Sciences was held at Basın Ekspres campus on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. The students showed great interest in the event which was attended by all faculty members of the department.  In the event, Information was given about academic counseling, how to register to classes, the opportunities with regards to double major and doing a minor in programs , and academic and social activities at our university.

Head of Radio, Television and Cinema Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Perihan Taş Öz was the guest of the live broadcast of the "MOVIE ROOM" (FİLM ODASI) program broadcasted on TRT RADYO 1 on Thursday, October 6th. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Taş Öz commented on the well-accomplished director Metin Erksan's movie "Sevmek Zamanı".

Derya Dertli, who works as an Assistant Information and Document Management Specialist at the General Secretariat Registrar's Office at Istanbul Kültür University participated in the symposium hosted by Konya Necmettin Erbakan University with the theme of "Carrying the Present into the Future: Libraries and Sustainability" with a poster themed "Digital Transformation and Data Stack" at ÜNAK 2022.

In the poster study, it was mentioned that with the rapid increase in the data created by the use of technology in the world, the formation of a data junk and the difficulty in finding the right information and data in this data junk. It was mentioned that digital transformation saves up on physical space and causes a mass in the digital environment and what kind of damage this mass will cause.

Derya Dertli also attended IFLA WLIC 2022 held in Dublin between 26-29 July, to represent our university, and received an award for “How can academic librarians contribute to the development of SDGs Awareness-raising activities with librarians in Turkey” titled poster prepared in cooperation with Bezmialem Vakıf University.

The video “The First Day of University in the Incirli Campus,” filmed by the students of the Radio and Television Technology Program of Istanbul Kültür University Vocational School, was published on the YouTube channel called Kültür Mantarı.

Presented at the “ARCHITECTURAL EPISODES 02: NEW DIALOGUES IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE” international symposium, held online on 24-25 March 2022 by Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture Department of Architecture;  Ayşegül Aktürk's “Architectural Dialogues through Living Buildings: Common Design Strategies and Messages for Public Sustainable Building Education”, Esin Hasgül, Şeyda Şen, H. Nur Kızılyaprak, Berkay Oskay ve Gamze Alptekin's “Investigating the Multidisciplinary Design Process in Architectural Design Studio: A Collaborative Digital Studio Context “House After Pandemic” and Aktan Acar, Mustafa Koç, Selda Bancı, Günsu Merin Abbas' “Borderline: An Interdisciplinary Spatial Installation” titled notices were published as articles in the 479th edition of Yapı Magazine, which is scanned in the Architecture field indexes.

The Istanbul Kültür University Quality Ambassadors Club, which was established by the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC) to make the student clubs at universities more productive has started its activities. Quality Ambassadors Club (Kalite Elçileri Kulübü) President and HEQC Student Representative Şevder Dik conveyed the activities and objectives of the club to other club presidents and managers within the scope of the "Cultured Club Presidents" meeting held at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on October 6, 2022.

Istanbul Kültür University Architecture Club introductory meeting 2022 was held on Thursday, October 6 at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall. At the meeting, which was organized for new members to get acquainted, information was given about the operation of the club and its plans for the future. After the briefing, active member applications were received. Architect Mahmut Özgül, who also has a large followership on social media shared his experiences with our students at the event.

An introductory meeting and alumni event was organized by the Molecular Biology and Genetics Club to introduce new members on Wednesday, October 5th. During the meeting, Club President Kerem Yıldızhan made a presentation giving information about the club and the board of directors. At the meeting by mentioning the activities planned by the club, the announcement of the "Cognitive Neuroscience" event held on October 12, and the biocore and coordination application QRs were reminded.

The event continued with a presentation titled “SMA and CRISPR Gene Therapy” by Sibel Pınar Odabaş, a graduate of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and one of the former club presidents. Odabaş also gave information to our students about her studentship and Erasmus + experience at our school, and the club activities during her presidency. Our graduate, who also talked about the process they went through in the RaDiChal'20 competition where they were champions. She presented SMA disease, its incidence, genetic profile, and treatments. Odabaş also talked about the gene therapy goals and project plans they are currently working on. The event, attended by 48 students, ended with the examination of our graduate's studies that were approved by CRISPR and TUBITAK.

Faculty of Art and Design Department of Communication and Design Lecturer Res. Assist. Sezer Ağğez’s film named “40 Years After Fatma” and Department of Communication and Design 2020 alumni Kadir Can Arabacı’s “Three Army” project are finalists of the 33rd Ankara Film Festival to be held on 3-11 November 2022, in the category of “National Documentary Film.”

Ersan Durgut, Tüm Kalkınma İş Adamları ve Girişimciler Derneği (TUMKIAD) President of Commissions & the owner of Enem Global Building Materials Foreign Trade Co. Ltd., was a guest at the “Principles of Marketing” lesson, which is given to students of the Department of International Trade and Finance and Department of Entrepreneurship by Lecturer Dr. Meri Taksi Deveciyan, on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.

Unlike before, the Debate Club opening matches, which have become traditional, were held in our Ataköy campus for the first time this year. The first match, which was attended by about 70 people sponsored by Red Bull, was held on Tuesday, October 4. The second exhibition match was hosted by our Şirinevler Campus. The Debate Club continues its training in our Şirinevler Campus to train new debaters.

Asimov Club, which is consulted by the Technology Transfer Office (TTO), paid a visit to the TTO management on Thursday, October 13. During the visit, the works done in the last academic year were evaluated and views were exchanged on this year's projects. TTO Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman Hikmet Çağlar and TTO Deputy Manager and Club Advisor Alparslan Güzey were presented with gifts in memory of the last year by the Asimov Club.

Molecular Biology and Genetics Club organized an event titled "Cognitive Neuroscience TeaTalk" with Lecturer Tugay Keçeci from Istanbul Bilgi University. A mass of broad information on neuroscience was given at the event held at the Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on Wednesday, October 12 at 17.00. Focusing on the definition of Neuroscience and its sub-fields , Lecturer Tugay Keçeci also explained the subjects of cognitive neuroscience and neuromarketing to our students. In the event, where the concept of the conscious was also discussed, a few examples from current studies on the brain were given. The event, which was attended by approximately 60 students, was concluded after the question-answer session.

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Irem Derici, one of the popular names of pop music, will perform for our alumni and students within the scope of the "Alumni Day & Back to Kültür" event to be organized by Istanbul Kültür University Alumni Association (IKUMED). Within the scope of the event which will be held on Sunday, October 16, between 14.00-21.30, in the backyard of Ataköy Campus, the 10th and 20th year alumni will be presented with special gifts.

Within the scope of the "ARC3020 Building Science II" course given in the Department of Architecture, the "YTONG Wall Application" event will be held on-site, where the details of the aerated concrete wall application will be explained, and the construction stages will be shown practically to the students. The event, in which YTONG Deputy Project Implementation Chief Gökhan Özkan and Architect Onur Tekfiliz will attend, will be held on Monday, October 17 between 11:00-17:00 in Ataköy campus.

The "You in Me Workshop" will be organized by the Student Life, Career and Alumni Advisory Unit (Kültür Point) to recognize chemical and behavioural addictions, prevent risky behaviours, improve self-confidence by enabling students to know themselves, and increase their empathy and saying “no” skills. The training, which will be provided by expert psychologist Aysu Çelenoğlu, will be held on Monday, October 17, between 13.00-16.00 in the 2nd floor multi-purpose hall.

Kültür Point will organize “Turkish Sign Language Education” in order to raise awareness about deaf and hearing-impaired people in the society and to contribute to the personal and professional development of our students. The training, which will be given by the trainer Eser Dalyan, will be held on 17-18 October 2022 between 15.00-18.00 in the 1st floor multi-purpose hall.

The Cinema Club will organize a "Movie Days" event at the Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on Monday, October 17 at 18:00 in order to improve the film culture of the students.

A "Law Days Congress" will be held in cooperation with IKU Cultural Values ​​Protection Club, Galatasaray University Law Club, Istanbul University Democracy and Law Club and Marmara University Exclusive Law Club in order to provide legal information to students on current issues. Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center will host the congress, where expert lawyers will be speakers, on 18-19 October (09.00-19.30).

The Department of Foreign Languages ​​Education will organize a conference to show the Erasmus activities of the National Education teachers to our 4th grade students. The event, in which Büyükçekmece Anatolian High School teachers will attend, will be held on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, between 11.30-13.30 in the Basın Ekspres Campus Conference Hall.

A panel titled "Crisis Management and Leadership" will be organized by the IKU Vision Club to support career planning processes of the students. The event, in which Hilton Garden Inn General Manager Ahmet Özeren and Kampotu İlaç General Manager Beril Koparal Ergün will be the speakers, will be held on Tuesday, October 18, between 13.00-17.00 at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall.

"E-Sports Summit" will be held in cooperation with IKU E-Sports Club, Istanbul Bar Association and Turkish E-Sports Federation (TESFED) in order to better introduce E-Sports to our students. Experts in the field will attend the event, which will be held on Wednesday, October 19, between 10.00-18.00 at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall.

The "English Job Interview Simulation" event will be organized by the IKU Career Club, with the support of AIESEC, on Wednesday, October 19, between 09.00-18.00 in the 1st floor multi-purpose hall.

IKU Fine Arts Application and Research Center (GSUAM) will open the first exhibition of the season with "Archive Exhibitions: Cihat Burak". The opening of the exhibition, which features the works of Painter, Architect & Story Writer Cihat Burak with his unique and versatile stance in Turkish painting, will be held on Wednesday, October 19 at 15.00. The exhibition can be visited at IKÜSAG Exhibition Hall between October 19 and December 7, 2022.

Istanbul Kültür University will host the concert series "After Dark", which was held in Museum Gazhane by IBB Culture Inc, as it was in the previous academic year. Can Ozan will meet with our students at the concert organized by Kültür Noktası. Participation in the concert, which will be held on Wednesday, October 19 at 20:00 in the Ataköy campus, will be free of charge.

An interview called "VR, Tiktok, NFT... What’s next?" will be held in cooperation with the Effective Communication Club, New Media and Communication Club, Department of New Media and Communication, Department of Communication Arts and Department of Communication and Design. The event, in which Revolvia CEO Kerem Koç will be the speaker, will be held on Thursday, October 20 at 15.00 at the Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall.

Kültür Point will organize a training titled "Ask, Think, Ask Again, Have an Idea" as part of the "Thought and Idea Workshop" in order to contribute to the personal development of the participants. The training, which will be given by Numan Aydınoğlu, will be held on Thursday, October 20, between 17.00-20.00 on the CATS platform.

Kültür Point will organize the "Diction and Etiquette Training" in order to teach the rules of etiquette and courtesy that they can apply in all areas of life, by ensuring that the participants can speak Turkish effectively. The training, which will be given by Özcan Tekdemir, will be held on Friday, October 21, between 15.00-18.00, at the Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall.

A "Halloween Party" event will be organized by KÜLTÜR DJ & Production Academy Club on Friday, October 21 between 17.00-21.00 with the participation of Ravin Group Music Academy DJs at Basın Ekspres campus.

The Awareness Club will organize an introductory event at the Kültür College Alumni Association Clubhouse on Friday, 21 October between 19.00 and 21.00 in order to enable members to socialize with each other and to provide information about the events to be held.