Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Chairman of the Board of Trustees Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver published a message regarding the changing agenda of IKU with the New Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

Dear Kültür Family,

I got a lot of feedback after the last message I shared with you on July 31st. It was very meaningful for me to know, see and hear that my notes on the university agenda reached their purpose and place during 19 weeks. I would like to state that I will continue to share our university agenda with you every two weeks in the upcoming period, and I would like to thank all my colleagues for feeding our communication with their comments.

Dear Kültür Family,

With the results shared over the past two weeks, the normalization agenda has been replaced by second wave scenarios. The pressure of the crisis is increasingly felt along with the economic side effects of the pandemic. Although we are more conscious and prepared than the shock phase we experienced in March, we still have a long struggle ahead.

There is no shortcut to get out of the crisis. At this point, the most effective coping strategy is to touch the life layers affected by the crisis with courage and calmness. Choosing to remain active instead of being passive in processes that await solutions, the most important thing is to be involved in the solution processes with our knowledge, mind, emotions and courage.

As Kültür Family, I think that we successfully passed a very important test in this sense during our preference days between 28 July and 14 August. All of our staff worked on our campuses and digital platforms. The academic and professional effort displayed in the digital and physical field was invaluable. "How should be the preference period this year?" from the moment the question is raised; We pushed the limits of being able to think creatively and exist in the physical and digital field. As a result; 4053 meetings were held with 3851 candidates on our digital platform and at our campus. Numerical indicators are of course important, but 2020 candidate communication has passed into our institutional memory as a period when we are managing the crisis, not the crisis managing us. I would like to thank all of my colleagues who contributed to the process with their presence, ideas, knowledge and support, and our team of Kültür ambassadors, each of whom is very valuable to us, during this period of critical studies such as master's degree applications and summer school. It is our common wish that this effort should not go unrequited and be reflected in the registration period that will begin in the first week of September. I sincerely believe that our records will be planned in the best way without compromising the principle of Health and safety and that our academic and administrative staff will provide the necessary support in this process.

Last week, another change that closely related to our university took place in our academic calendar. Our 2020-2021 academic calendar was updated, following the statement from YÖK. Our new academic year start date is set as October 5, 2020. It is extremely important that the current calendar is carefully considered by all our members in all activities planned for the new period.

Dear Members,

Our meetings continue with our board of directors, deans and vocational school directors. In the new academic year, we continue to work on the strategic and logistic planning of our campuses and our hybrid education scenarios. One of our most important topics in our 2020-2021 plans is research and publication performance. Our Expectation With our 8 Faculties, 2 Vocational Schools, Research and Application Centers, that we will be able to increase research and publications that support scientific thinking, protect the public interest, and serve as a guide for the press and non-governmental organizations. We will continue to support our academic staff in this regard. In addition, our Technology Transfer Office (TTO) has also prepared its work plans. We strongly request IKU TTO, which is designed as an address to encourage new and creative ideas, to be supported by all our academic and administrative staff.

This year, we should be able to use alternative channels that focus on strengthening the intellectual effort, creative thinking and research spirit of our university more actively. In this context, the Kültür page reserved for our university in Science and Technology Magazine for Everyone is a very important opportunity. In this period when we rediscover the need of sharing and the healing power of producing; Our page is always open to our members who take time to read, research and write. On this occasion, I would like to state that our encouragement will continue for our members who have contributed and participated in this study.

Dear Kültür Family,

We are in a period where we learn by living. We all feel and will continue to feel the impact of the breaks and gaps created by the pandemic in different layers of our lives. In this crisis that targets human health and safety, we need to be as durable as we can. It is very important to be able to open new ways, horizons and doors of thought to ourselves and each other. Distance is now a must. Therefore, it is a basic need to develop new formulas in communication, interaction, sharing and solidarity. As Kültür family, we are strong enough to achieve this.

Hope to see you on healthy days...

Regards
Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver
Chairman of the Board of Trustees

İstanbul Kültür University Vocational School with the Istanbul Chamber of Industry in the development of university-industry cooperation for the future of vocational education and industry in Turkey, a meeting to discuss the collective association models to transport the production layers of the industry's professional training was held.

Istanbul Kültür University Vocational School Director Assist. Prof. Dr. Sinan Kesici, Lecturer Dr. Barış Safran and Board Member Gökhan Turhan from Istanbul Chamber of Industry, General Secretary Haktan Akın, Deputy Secretary General Burçin Değirmencioğlu and Work Life and Professional Development Department Manager Hakan Çoban attended the online meeting

First of all, the parties summarized the work they have done so far in terms of university-industry cooperation. The "Vocational Education Cooperation" project carried out by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry with vocational high schools was evaluated. On behalf of İKÜ Vocational School, Assist. Prof. Dr. Sinan Kesici, summarized his work and cooperation in terms of internship and employment. At the meeting, it was agreed that cooperation should not be limited to internships and employment. The ways of developing models that can integrate the education process within itself and with the industry from vocational high schools to colleges were discussed. Istanbul Chamber of Industry; expressed their demands for meeting the educational needs of its members and employees, vocational high school teachers with whom they cooperate, and those working in member companies. Kesici stated that İstanbul Kültür University Vocational School has the capacity to make these demands with its academic, digital infrastructure and past experiences. Stating that the Vocational Education Research Unit to be established within the body of İstanbul Kültür University will have a much wider data set together with the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, it will be possible to determine the sectors of the country's qualified personnel deficits, especially in Istanbul, in a much more healthy way. Kesici, stated that the next step is “maintaining a quality education by opening departments and programs suitable for the needs”.

Istanbul Kültür University Vocational School Director Sinan Kesici: "Cooperation with vocational schools is a must for the qualified workforce required by the industry"

Speaking at the meeting, Sinan Kesici said, “Among the institutions that continue vocational education, the vocational schools of universities take on a very important task in order to provide the qualified workforce needed by the sectors. Vocational schools; In terms of education, content and importance, it has the talent and opportunity to train qualified workforce, to close the labor gap needed by the sector and to meet the personnel needs of the sector. Vocational education institutions, which have not yet found their worth, are among the most important building blocks of a country.

Perception of the concept of vocational education in Turkey focuses on educational institutions attached to the Ministry of Education. For this reason, the importance of vocational schools affiliated to YÖK and applied sciences colleges in vocational education is not fully understood in terms of education. It should be evaluated that understanding the importance of vocational schools, which constitute the institutional foundations of the development of post-secondary vocational education, can help increase the added value in industry and production. The qualified workforce required by the industry will be met by enabling the graduates of vocational high schools to improve themselves with the education they will receive in vocational schools. Directing high school graduates employed in the industry to vocational colleges through collaborations will contribute to productivity in production. In this sense, as Istanbul Kültür University Vocational School, we see industry-sector cooperation as our priority with our mission that adopts the collective working model.

With the seven goals announced by the Ministry of National Education in its 2023 Education Vision, the importance of vocational and technical education has been emphasized once again, and with these determined goals, vocational education is aimed to gain sufficient importance and reputation. Recent developments regarding vocational education together with the Vocational Education Cooperation Protocol signed by MEB and Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) have created positive results for vocational high schools and vocational schools in the name of vocational education. Thus, together with the changing and developing needs of the sector, it was ensured that the plans, practices, curriculum and internship practices were shared in coordination in school-sector cooperation, and it was aimed to regain the reputation of vocational education in this way. In this context, it can be said that vocational colleges can be positioned where they deserve, by ensuring that the qualified workforce needed by the sectors is seen as a complement to the education the foundations of which are laid in vocational and technical education high schools. When especially those in developed countries such as Germany and Canada will be studied and understood more clearly the benefits of this cooperation may arise a model of Turkey.

Transforming the Vocational Education Research Unit, operating under the Istanbul Kültür University Vocational School, into a Vocational Education Research Center under the roof of IKU with the cooperation of ISO-IKU Turkey and its industry’s educational needs will be possible to investigate dynamically. A Technopark proposed to be established on the European side of Istanbul in collaboration with ISO and IKU will also be an important step in creating a collective working and education environment.

By targeting the higher segments of vocational education, the digital transformation in production and education can be accelerated to increase productivity in the industry. Thus, the use of modeling-simulation, virtual reality and robotic technologies can be increased with simulation units and classrooms within the planned technopark. At the same time, in this technopark, which is planned to be established, it should be evaluated to meet the individual career expectations of the employees with the sectoral trainings in digital environments that will be required for the professional and personal development of the industrial worker, and by the Istanbul Kültür University Vocational School or the newly established IKU School of Applied Sciences.

The meeting, in which the first steps of collective models where all stakeholders can mutually add value to each other were taken, ended with wishes of goodwill in terms of the future of existing projects and new projects.

Ömür Kınay, one of the members of the Executive Board of the Disabled Students Unit and our teacher of the Department of Communication and Design, was the guest of the documentary titled “We Do Not Forget the 17 August 1999 Earthquake, We Prioritize the Problem of the Istanbul Earthquake” shot by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Media Incorporated Company. In the documentary; In addition to our teacher, who is the symbol of the 17 August Earthquake, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, Silivri Mayor Volkan Yılmaz, Avcılar Mayor Turan Hançerli and Earth Scientist Prof. Dr. Naci Görür's views were also included.

The project titled “Reducing The Loss Of Life Arising From The Earthquake By Identifying The Buildings Damaged In The Earthquake Instantly And Really”, which was prepared within the scope of “TÜBİTAK 2209 - A University Students Research Projects Support Program”, under the consultancy of Asst. Prof. Hatice Nazan Çağlar, Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship, one of our students Mustafa Yılmaz, the Department of Entrepreneurship, was entitled to receive support.

The summary of the accepted project is as follows;

The ongoing natural events in the world are considered as natural disasters when they significantly affect people's lives. In this context, events such as earthquake, flood, tsunami, fire, landslide can be considered as natural disasters. In other words, natural disasters are natural events that significantly disrupt the socio-economic and socio-cultural activities of the society and cause loss of life and property.

This study focuses on earthquakes among natural disasters, and it is planned to help reduce possible loss of life by contributing to emergency aid activities with a study that will provide rapid detection of destroyed buildings when an earthquake occurs. The reason for the focus on the earthquake in the study was that 64% of the actual nature of the earthquakes in Turkey and the event is due to the types of disasters that caused the most damage. In addition, earthquakes, which are among the natural disasters that affect our country, are the type that cause the most loss of life and property due to the highest “rate of uncertainty”.

Disasters and emergency events such as earthquakes bring along problems such as confusion, uncertainty, coordination problems, cooperation and communication problems, lack of resources and capacity. The reduction in destruction and loss in the disaster is only possible with the prevention of delay, resource waste, chaos and panic, which are common to almost every disaster. This is achieved by making a realistic and regular planning.

In the report, there is a draft of the device that will instantly determine how many buildings were damaged at the time of the earthquake, how many buildings were destroyed, and how many people live in the damaged and collapsed buildings. In this study, it is planned to prototype and test the draft device.

The value proposition it offers is important as you prioritize saving human life. In our country where earthquakes are frequent, this study may save the lives of a few people. In the future, the tests of the work are positive, after the successful performance of the experiment, perhaps without placing anything extra in the buildings or by placing devices in certain buildings, instant detection of damage and collapsed buildings in the earthquake zone can be achieved.

The aim of the study is to help reduce human life's victims of earthquakes. The device, which is planned to be designed and presented in the draft report, will be installed in every building. It will present the damage to the building during the earthquake to the relevant disaster management centres. In addition to these, it will not only present the damage status of the building, but also convey the characteristics of the building, the number of people living in the building, age groups and blood groups to the disaster management centre.

The disaster management centre will be able to instantly learn how many buildings were damaged, how many buildings were destroyed, how many people lived in damaged and collapsed buildings and could coordinate in a more prepared way.

İstanbul Kültür University organized “Job Belongs To Knower of It. Entrepreneurship Models” webinar series in which Lecturer Berrak Köten, Lecturer Dr. Barış Safran and Lecturer Burak Öçlü were moderators. The webinar series continued with an interview titled "Social Entrepreneurship and Motivation" on Wednesday, 12 August 2020. In the webinar that Social Entrepreneur, Professional Mountaineer, Photographer and Author Nasuh Mahruki was the guests, he also answered the questions of the participants.

Nasuh Mahruki stated that the source of motivation, depending on the relationship it establishes with life, existence, nature and the universe is a whole and synergy that comes from feeling. Mahruki, who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the AKUT Foundation and the Chairman of the Board of the AKUT Sports Club, stated that life can be both very enjoyable and very dangerous, just like in the hunt-hunter relationship in the wild, but it may also involve various risks. Mahruki who is the Head and Board Member of  Common Purpose Association and ASHOKA Association (established in Turkey) stated that we need the awareness brought by learning and experience and continuous self-improvement. Saying that we are in an age of great change and transformation, Mahruki exemplified this situation with concepts such as communication, advances in transportation, technological revolution, quantum leap, robotic technologies, artificial intelligence and systems that include the combination of the human mind. Mahruki who is also a member of the UGSAD, Turkey's National Olympic Committee, Underwater Research Society and Explorer's Club assert that the rest of society outside of these developments, institutions and individuals will remain outside the new normal, and they will be adversely affected by the global development and progress. Mahruki, who rescued 220 people from the debris during the 17 August 1999 Marmara Earthquake with the Search and Rescue Association (AKUT), which he founded with his 7 friends at the beginning, said that those who adapt to this age of speed and change will have development, developed companies and economic power with higher returns. Underlining that issues such as traveling to Mars and immortality are discussed in developed countries, Mahruki emphasized the importance of values ​​such as modernity, courtesy, freedom, respect, productivity, quality, and goal orientation.

Besides mountaineering, caving, diving with tools, paragliding, motor sports, cycling and sailing Sports, Mahruki emphasized personal development, pushing boundaries and enhancing experiences in the face of concepts that express change such as globalization, technological development, digitalization. Nasuh Mahruki, who married Mine Mahruki in a traditional wedding ceremony during a motorcycle ride to the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas, talked about the importance of knowledge, liveliness and a meaningful life. Mahruki, who has taken the title of Snow Leopard by climbing five mountains higher than 7 thousand meters between 1992-1994, and who is the first mountiner climbed Mount Everest in 1995, stated that prejudice and discrimination should be avoided. Mahruki, the youngest athlete who completed the Seven Summits project by climbing the highest mountain of seven continents in 1996, stated that having a rich perspective that differs according to culture, art, social life, geography and climate improves people. Mahruki, a founding member of AKUT and currently its honorary president, expressed that it is necessary to be tolerant of different cultures rather than to be judgmental. Mahruki, who has made motorcycle trips in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sıkkım, Tibet, Bhutan, Mongolia and various countries of Europe, shared his personal experiences with our participants.

Mahruki who has done Turkey's highest solo climb Cho Oyu; who has done the climbing to Lhotse and K2 mountains,Turkey's highest oxygen unsupported climbing, emphasized the sense of responsibility with regard to social entrepreneurship. Mahruki stated that the extraordinary power of human beings today should be controlled. Mahruki who has been chosen as Fellow of the ASHOKA Foundation from America because of pioneering social entrepreneurship in rescue efforts stated that until the last 70-80 thousand years, humanity's impact on transformation and nature has been limited, but this has reached incredible dimensions today, as in the case of business machines. Mahruki, who was awarded the International Gusi Peace Prize from the Philippines and was awarded by Mongolia Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism with JUUKH BICHIG appreciation, increased the awareness of our participants to nature and the environment by saying "We belong to nature". Mahruki, who not only saved lives during the Marmara earthquake but also organized volunteers from all over Turkey, pointed out that global warming occurred because the authorities could not take the necessary measures. Mahruki, who has worked as a columnist in various newspapers and magazines and has prepared documentary programs on television channels, defined social entrepreneurship as “taking care of the problems in the land we live in as part of the solution”.

Nasuh Mahruki, a member of the Mahruki family who has been living in Istanbul for two centuries and has traveled seven continents, compared Istanbul and other cities in the interview. Mahruki, the 6th generation grandson of Nasuhzade martyr Chief Admiral Ali Pasha who served Sultan Mahmud the second during the Ottoman period, said "Istanbul is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but we must protect this feature in all aspects." Nasuhi Mahruki who is the son of Turkish Numismatic Society Head and Turkey’s one of the most important collectors Cem Mahruki said that Bosphorus has the world's most beautiful waterways

Mahruki who has given seminars on leadership, teamwork, personal development, self-knowledge, goal-orientation, determination, discipline and risk management on various platforms, said, "We must protect Istanbul, one of the oldest cities in the world, and all its historical wealth with all our sensitivity." Stating that the population of Istanbul has doubled since the 90's, Mahruki emphasized the different requirements of a common life. Drawing attention to the earthquake risk in our country and Istanbul, Mahruki responded positively to the proposal of Lecturer Oğuzcan Akgöl, Deputy Director of Istanbul Kültür University Vocational School, to cooperate with the AKUT Foundation and said that we can work together with pleasure in efficient and effective projects.

Istanbul Kültür University Vocational School Fashion Design Program prepared a social responsibility project due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the preference days held between 28 July and 14 August 2020, it supported the promotional period by producing 5,000 ultrasonic masks for both our academicians and prospective students.

Berat Eren Adanalı, President of IKU Cinema Club and a student of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, attended the meeting organized by the Short Film Association on August 14, 2020. At the meeting, which included 22 clubs and high school communities that had been members of the cinema Clubs Association, cinema was discussed. Information was given about the activities that the Association can cooperate with the cinema clubs for the events that will be held this year. For the event, which is also shared on the Instagram page of the club students, ideas were exchanged with the Short Film Association on the activities that can be held in the 2020-2021 academic year and talked about the plans that young filmmakers want to make.

Dear Graduates,

Sinem İzmir Uzun, one of our graduates of 1992 Kültür Science High School, received her undergraduate and graduate education in ITU Department of Textile Engineering. Uzun also started her career by completing her second master's degree at Istanbul University. Currently, she is working in PUMA and continues its global sourcing firm as “Turkey Country Manager”.

Our graduate shared the job advertisement of the company she worked for in the field of Industrial Engineering on ikum.network. IKU Career Club President Rauf Cihaner applied for this announcement and was accepted to PUMA after the negotiations.

We share this example of “Kültür Solidarity” with all our graduates. As İKÜMED, we attach great importance to our 2020 graduates' entrance into business life.

Come become a member of İKÜMED...

Best regards,
İKÜMED

Note: İKÜMED Office is open at Ataköy Campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 09.00-17.00.

Ertuğrul Çiçek and Mustafa Yılmaz, students from the Department of Entrepreneurship, were among the 7 thousand 973 candidates who moved to the second stage after the evaluation made between 114 thousand 293 applications in the Fellow Program (#fellow2020) organized by the Entrepreneurship Foundation.

We congratulate our students and wish them continued success.

Emir Aktel, a student of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, was accepted to the "60 Second International Film Festival", which has been held for 8 years, with his short film "Occupational Deformation", which he shot within the scope of "Cinematography" course.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Vocational School of Foreign Trade Program Head lecturer Ümit Engin Tekin's article “Historical Development of Turkish Economic Policies and Their Reflections to the Present Day” was published in the journal Research Studies Anatolia Journal.

Business Management Program Head Lecturer N. Gözde Bircan's research article titled "Structural Change and Transformation in Internal Audit: A Research on Awareness and Expectations of Internal Auditors" was published in the 63rd issue of the Journal of Istanbul University Accounting Institute.

I graduated from Istanbul Kültür University Departments of International Relations and Economics (Double Major) in 2014. I started to work within the Department of Corporate Communication in 2015 and I still continue. In 2018, I completed my master's degree in Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences (SBE) Department of Economics, Department of Economics Policy. Currently, I am continuing my PhD at Istanbul University SBE Department of Economics.

I have many memories in Kültür that I will never forget. But I think the most enjoyable ones are the ones I had with my semester friends from the Department of International Relations at IKUMED Clubhouse. Our chats and entertainments in that garden, at our crowded tables are very special to us. Clubhouse is our classic meeting point both when we are a student and after our graduation. We have taken a break for a while, but I believe that after the pandemic we will perform our ritual again.

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