Organized in cooperation with Kültür Point and Kültür İstanbul, the first of the "When It's Dark" concert series was hosted in the backyard of İstanbul Kültür University Ataköy campus on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 20.00. Nearly 400 listeners attended the concert where The Away Days (Acoustic) band took the stage.
The Protocol between Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) and OXS Informatics Limited Company was signed by our Rector, and Can Azizoğlu, CEO of OXS Informatics Limited Company, on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Within the scope of the protocol, a metaverse digital application development competition called METABANG LOCAL will be organized on https://decentraland.org/ in hackathon format and the successful team will be rewarded in order to encourage the participants.
Thanks to collaborations of IKU ArClub (Alumni Relations) and IKU Awareness Club, an event was held on Wednesday, May 11, within the scope of 10-16 May Disability Awareness Week. Disability researcher from Erişilebilir Her Şey platform Ilgın Aydınoğlu and Kemal Koçak who is lecturer and specialist psychologist and our 2013 alumni from deparment of Psychology had attended as speakers. Event took about two and half hours.
Istanbul Kültür University Men’s Rugby Team played the semi-finals in the "Men" branch of the Rugby UNILIG Finals Turkey Championship, organized by the Turkish University Sports Federation between 8-10 May. Our students, who faced off Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University BESYO team in the semi-finals of the tournament which was attended by 13 universities, completed the championship with being ranked the 4th in Turkey.
IKU Sign Language Choir, consisting of Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) students, took the stage at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center on Tuesday, May 10 to raise money for individuals with spinal cord injury and to raise awareness about the issue. At the concert many singers’ songs were interpreted in sign language and all the proceeds from the event was donated to the Turkish Spinal Cord Paralysis Association.
The "IKU Career Days 22" event was held on April 20-21, 2022, in cooperation with Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Student Life, Career and Alumni Counseling Unit (Culture Point) and IMM Bahçelievler Regional Employment Office. The event hosted by our Ataköy campus was held in the backyard on the first day and on the B1 floor stand area on the second day with the participation of approximately twenty companies.
Career Club hosted Hasan Can Kaya, the host of Talkers, one of the most popular talk show programs of recent times, at our university. The famous comedian, who met with our students at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center on Monday, April 25, answered the curious questions.
Hasan Can Kaya, who talked to the students about his career and future plans, was also asked questions in the format of the "Konuşanlar" program. When asked what is your biggest fantasy, Kaya replied, “My biggest professional fantasy is to do stand-up in English.” gave the answer.
Within the collaboration of Effective Communication Club, New Media and Communicaiton Club, +1 Down and Autism Awareness Club, Department of New Media and Communication, Program of Public Relations and Publicity, an interview was organized on April 21, 2022, Thursday via CATS. Betül Acar, Digital Creative Director of the Feveran, conveyed the adventure of an advertiser working in the sector to the students. Acar also shared the developments regarding the future of the sector with our students.
Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Tennis Men's Team succeeded in playing the semi-finals as a result of the competitions between 11 universities at the Turkish Inter-Universities Tennis Championship held in Bursa between 18-22 April. We congratulate our students Ömer Dalyancı, Cem Tanın, Ahmad Hussein and Ömer Musab Ünal, who made up our Tennis Men's Team, who completed the tournament as 'fourth place in Turkey', for their success.
An event titled "Future in Tomorrow 2" was held by the Express Science Club at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on April 20-21, 2022. In the first session of the two-day event held between 11.30-16.00; Development and Executive Mentor Nesrin Fırat gave a presentation on future career opportunities and advice on what young people can do about career planning and self-development. In the second session of the event, Lecturer & Author Hakan Okay informed the students about Metaverse.
