An online chess tournament was held between universities on Sunday, January 31, 2021. Six of our alumni also took part in the IKU team of 15 people in the tournament, where quotas were also allocated for alumni as per the rules. In the tournament in which 44 universities participated in total, Istanbul Kültür University team supported by İKÜMED won the championship in its group.

Our alumni and students representing our university in the tournament:

Presidency Human Resources Office (CBİKO), which was established to support the work of career centers in universities and increase employment, held a meeting to evaluate the fall semester specifically for career centers and to give information about the use of the “Yetenek Kapısı” platform.

At the meeting, where IKU Student Life, Career and Alumni Counseling Unit (Kültür Point) also took place, feedback was received from universities about the Yetenek Kapısı platform. It was also discussed what can be done to improve the platform and increase student use.

Kültür Point Unit Head Dr. Neslihan Er, Unit Vice President Mücella Ezgin and Career Assistant Expert Ecem Uçar participated in the "Career Workshop" organized by Job and Career Consultants Zühal Yiğit and Şenay Cengiz Aslan.

The first part of the 8-hour workshop was held on January 23, 2020. Executives and experts from different institutions and organizations also attended the workshop, where various practices were made about what was experienced while taking career steps to date. Kültür Point team had the opportunity to establish new business contacts at the meeting.