Note: The statistics belong to Monday, April 27 - 16.00.

Hürriyet newspaper Education Editor Nuran Çakmakçı prepared a column titled "A letter like a lesson from an education veteran" based on the message of Founder of the College of Kültür and Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees High Civil Engineer Mr. Fahamettin Akıngüç.

İstanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) Head of the Board of Trustees Bahar Akıngüç Günver published a message about the IKU agenda, which has changed with the new Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19).

 Dear Kültür Family,

During the pandemic days; we have left another week behind where we experienced different dimensions of communication, sharing and solidarity.

First of all, despite all the difficulties, it was our pride and honor to be able to celebrate April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day by embracing Kültür values. The 100th year special program of Kültür College and Kültür2000 College, which are the architects of our root values and the inspiration of our founding foundation; took its place in our corporate memory as a symbol of hope, family, teacher, student solidarity, and mobilization of values. I am sure this moment for the Kültür Generations that grew up after us; despite the difficulties of life, will be a guide to stick to values stubbornly.

In addition to this, Kültür College is excited by a very nice work called Nobel Kültürü, which will be proud of us all, and will symbolize the value we place on the light of science and mind during the week of April 27, 2020. Kültür College and Kültür2000 College, which offer the value of science to their students with life education within the scope of the Nobel Prizes in recent years, held a tradition by showing a more marvelous stance despite the pandemic. As of April 27, in the live broadcasts on Kültür College's Instagram account, a Nobel Interview series will be held with names such as Didier Queloz, the winner of the 2019 Nobel Physics Prize, M. Stanley Whittingham the Winner of the 2019 Chemistry, and Joachim Frank  the Winner of the 2017 Nobel Chemistry Award. As Istanbul Kültür University, I sincerely believe that we will support this effort of our Kültür teachers and youth.

 Dear Kültür Family,

Young people, as well as children, are very valuable for the Kültür Family. At the beginning of last week; our Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Nihal Sarıer met with our students from our Instagram corporate account, moderated by Neslihan Fatma Er, Head of Kültür Point Department. Meeting with young people in a transparent and clear dialogue environment is one of the strongest proofs of the value we give them. I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Nihal Sarıer who sincerely and patiently answers questions of our students, especially in applied education, changes in the academic calendar; and also I want to thanks all my workmates who contributed to the live broadcast; and I wish it continued.

The updates on the academic calendar, which is also on the agenda of the Rectorate Office live broadcast, is a very important development in the context of business processes of all our staff. Following the spring semester ending on May 15, final exams will begin on June 1, 2020. After the end of the spring semester; I sincerely believe that we will continue our studies at the point of sustainability of education and communication for both summer education and prospective students without slowing down and we will deal with processes in solidarity.

In the days of the pandemic, today, there was another development that made us understand once again how powerful the Kültür experience we have is. Despite the restrictions that turned into the reality of the new normal, I started the day full of hope. Hürriyet Newspaper Education Editor Nuran Çakmakçı shared our Honorary President Master of Engineer Fahamettin Akıngüç’s letter in the column  which he shared with us in the past weeks. I looked at the lines of the letter again from a journalist's window… Yes, this is a life lesson and these days will pass… We will stubbornly hopefully overcome these times…

My Dear Workmates

During this time, the tone of the feedback or the criticism of the processes, especially about the practical lessons from our students, can sometimes be sharp. However, our young people go through an extraordinary process well beyond their age. Our students under the age of 20 which is the age group of our prep, first and second grades are trying to cope with the curfew and the quarantine reality. Our students who are at the graduation stage, and our students who will be the senior students (4th grade) after a few months are also experiencing the stress of going to live in an economically difficult and complex period. Of course, this process is very weary for everyone, all of you, all of us. However, let's not let go of the understanding of being an adult and empathy as a calm power; and most importantly, let's keep our hope that these days are temporary.

On one hand while trying to protect the health of ourselves and our immediate environment, on the other hand  trying to protect our business and internal balances, I would like to share once again that our endurance, understanding and empathy are our greatest support in this uncertain process; and I also wish to meet with health and happiness in our campuses as soon as possible.

With my compliments,

Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver

İKÜ Head of the Board of Trustees 

Kültür College and Kültür2000 College bring their students together with Nobel laureate scientists. In live broadcasts under the name of "Nobel Interviews", students who will meet scientists such as Didier Queloz and Joachim Frank will be able to ask all the questions they are curious about.

Kültür College and Kültür2000 College, which allow their students to interview face-to-face and e-mail scientists who have previously received Nobel, host the famous scientists on Instagram live broadcasts this time. The "Nobel Talks", which are organized to encourage and motivate students in the current process, start on Monday (April 27th).

Live broadcasts on Kültür College's Instagram account will include names like 2019 Nobel Physics Award winner Didier Queloz, 2019 Chemistry Award winner M. Stanley Whittingham, 2017 Nobel Chemistry Award winner Joachim Frank. In the publications that will take 30 minutes and in English, students will have the chance to interview them by asking all the questions they are curious about.

While the new Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic affects the world, we can respond to this fast-changing and uncertain situation that we are all in with natural and normal reactions such as stress, fear, and common anxiety.

People can face many problems during epidemic periods. Disease and fear of death are the main problems. Many of us are afraid of not protecting our loved ones and losing them because of epidemic disease. Maybe some of us are worried about being quarantined or under quarantine. People in quarantine practice are worried about being separated from their loved ones. They feel helpless, troubled, lonely and depressed. On the other hand, if this period is prolonged, they are struggling with the risks of losing their livelihoods, dismissal, and not being able to work while under quarantine.

The simple but effective activities that we can do at home to deal with all this anxiety, fear and stress are as follows;

Remember that it is normal to feel sad, stressed, anxious, confused, frightened, angry during times of crisis.

- Stay in touch with people you trust, love, friends and family. (with the help of e-mail, phone calls, social media platforms and various applications)

- Maintain a healthy lifestyle during your stay at home. (including proper diet, healthy sleep, exercise and social communication with your loved ones at home)

- Obtain information from national or international reliable sources. Use these resources for your risks and how you can take action.

- Avoid watching scary images that annoy you on TV and social media.

- Reduce the number of publications you watch or read about COVID-19 on your daily agenda (1-2 times a day instead of every hour).

- Do not use tobacco, alcohol, drugs and other substances (sedatives / stimulants) to deal with stress and other negative emotions and thoughts.

- When you feel bad, overwhelmed, talk to a professional specialist or someone you trust.

- Take advantage of the skills you used during your hard times in the past. Use these skills to help manage your emotions in this epidemic process.

- Try physical exercises such as yoga, plates, stretching exercises, breathing exercises, relaxation exercises such as meditation.

- Read books and magazines.

Research Assist. Cennet Kara Özçalık

Psychiatric Nursing Graduate Student

Faculty of Health Sciences

Nursing Department

Friday, April 24th in cooperation with Istanbul Kültür University (Iku) vocational school, Human Resources Club (HRC) and Kültür point an e-seminar titled “Human Resources conversations 3: Talent Management and Performance Evaluation - how will we improve ourselves and measure our performance after COVID-19?” was held . Atasun Optik Human Resources Partner Ayşenur Ellialti was a speaker and details about how to improve themselves after COVID-19 and how to measure their performance were shared with our students. The e-seminar was completed by answering the questions of our students about the Human Resources processes that will be digitized.

On Friday April 24, Istanbul Kültür University (Iku) Vocational School organized an e-seminar on “tourism sector in the process of COVID-19”, in which EMT Event Management Team founder Hakan Türkkuş, World Tourism Forum Institute CEO Yusuf Cihan Süslü and Event News Publishing Group founder Umut Kaya were the speakers. At the event, how the sectors are affected by the pandemic process, how the tourism sector gets a share of this cake, what awaits the tourism sector and its students after COVID-19, how the sector and students should be in preparation for this process were discussed. We would like to thank our speakers for this event, which sheds light on the unemployment concerns of our students after graduation.

IKU Vocational School Medical Documentation and Secretariat Program Lecturer Emin Aksan joined the Health Managers and Candidates platform as a guest on Friday, April 24, 2020, to the directors of private and public health institutions, candidates for management, academics and students studying in the health departments. In the event held with high participation; Issues related to the future of health departments, difficulties in the sector and professional experiences were mentioned.

Istanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) Vocational School (MYO) organized an e-seminar titled “Cinema in COVID-19 Days” on Wednesday, April 22. The director of the unforgettable documentary series of TRT such as “The Sweat of the Felt” and “Culture with Water”, “The Turkic of the Euphrates”, which was selected as the documentary of the century within the scope of the centenary of the cinema; Ertuğrul Karslıoğlu, the producer of the series that marked a period such as “Black Angel” and “Carefree”, participated in the event as a speaker. Karslıoğlu, who gave information about the place of the documentary film today, the differences between the fictional film and the documentary film, what kind of a path the industry has followed during these difficult days, has also answered our students' questions at the end of the seminar.

A webinar titled “Food Safety in the COVID-19 Period” was organized on Friday, April 24 at 21.30 in collaboration with Istanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and Kültür Point. In the first of the webinar series, which will be held under the name of "Food Safety, Healthy Nutrition and Public Health", our Head of Nutrition and Dietetics Prof. Dr. Gürhan Çiftçioğlu took place as a speaker. In the event, which was moderated by Dr. Neslihan Fatma Er, Head of Kültür Point Unit, important points to be considered about food safety in order to prevent COVID-19 outbreak were discussed within the scope of the 5 Key Program of the World Health Organization. The questions of the participants were answered at the end of the webinar.

The Department of Economics organized an e-seminar titled “Pandemic, Uncertainty and Economics on Friday, April 24, 2020. Prof. Dr. A. Dinç Alada, who attended the event as a speaker, reminded our students that Keynes' assistant “should not confuse instability with instability” in the letter he wrote to A. Robinson. Prof. Dr. Alada stated that uncertainty in economic philosophy is described as a concept that exists or disappears, not decreasing or increasing.

Definite cases: Turkey (110,130), World (2,989,090)

Death:             Turkey (2805), World (207,431)

WHO Risk Assessment: Global level - Very High

The Ministry of Health announced that the “Coronavirus Information Service” has opened within the scope of the BIP mobile application. Through the service,

- Online COVID-19 test,

- ALO 184 SABİM Line,

- COVID-19 case map,

- Ministry's announcements and news about the outbreak,

The shares of the minister will be available.

* The BIP application can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play and will be available to all operators' subscribers.