İstanbul Kültür University

IKU Department of Nursing held a program at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on Monday, May 9, as part of the "Nursing Week" celebrations. The program, which started with a moment of silence and the singing of the National Anthem for our Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the nurses who passed away, continued with the concert of the Orchestra IKU Acoustic Concert Group conducted by Timuçin Sezerel. Talking about the historical development and importance of nursing in his opening speech, our Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences & Head of Department of Nursing Prof. Dr.

“Dear Researchers,

The new issue of the Journal of Education for Life, Vol 36, Issue 2 (2022), which has been an academic publication for a long time within the scope of pedagogy, has been published. We invite you to review and share with your colleagues the articles in the new issue of research from preschool to higher education, from non-formal education to formal education!

An application development project for virtual parcels on the metaverse universe which is https://decentraland.org/ was signed between Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) and OXS Informatics Limited Company/COINOXS operating in the field of blockchain technologies.

“7th Intercollegiate Dance Festival” was organized on Friday, May 13 by the IKU Dance Club, which operates under the Student Life, Career and Alumni Counseling Unit (Kültür Point). In The Fest, 16 university’s dance crews took the stage hosted by Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center. Within the scope of fest which was followed by about 750 people, Street Jazz, Hip-Hop, High Heels, K-Pop, Sportif Latin, Bachata and Tango type of shows were the most liked ones.

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.

Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA) supported Design Factory Project carried out its first Evaluation Meeting on 12th of May 2022. Erhan Arslan from Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TURKONFED), Yasin Ali Türkeri from Associated Documentary Filmmakers (BSB), Project Academic Coordinator Assist. Prof. Gabriela Oana Olaru, Project Coordinator Zelal Fahrioğlı and the Event Coordinator Sıla Pamuk participated in the meeting as partners and contributors of the project.

“Meeting” group painting exhibition which was held with the collaboration of Istanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) Fine Arts Application and Research Center (GSUAM) and Greyart has met with art enthusiasts in İKÜ Art Galery (İKÜSAG) on 11th of May Wednesday at 15.00. At the exhibition, which was initiated after the speeches of our Rector and Curator Mustafa Albayrak, takes part the works of the six outstanding artists of Turkish contemporary painting art such as Altan Çelem, Bahri Genç, Ekrem Kahraman, Gülten İmamoğlu, Mahir Güven ve Mustafa Albayrak.

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.

Faculty of Education Department of Basic Education students, donated the Montessori materials they prepared within the scope of the lesson led by Head of the Department of Basic Education Assoc. Prof. Gökçe Kurt to the four kindergarten classrooms and the newly established special education classroom of Avcılar Denizköşkler Primary School.

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.