In addition, within the scope of the preventive measures against the New Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak in our country published by the Higher Education Council on March 6, 2020;

"The academic and administrative staff traveling from the countries in which virus infections are reported to stay home for a period of 14 days, and come back to university if they don't have symptoms such as fever and cough at the end of the 14-day period”.

Disinfection procedures against the new Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) are carried out through meticulous cleaning in all our campuses and services. In this context, our cleaning, restaurant, cafeteria, and service staff have been specially trained and inspections on food products are tightened.

We kindly request all our students and staff to take into account the procedures previously announced by The Directorate of Health, Culture, and Sports at our University.

As a precautionary measure against unfavorable situations that may arise due to coronavirus outbreak, all activities (symposiums, conferences, concerts, Erasmus, etc.) in our university have been cancelled from today until further notice. New dates will be communicated separately. 

The Rectorate took measures based on the Ministry of Health to take the necessary protection and control measures against the COVID-19 (2019-n CoV DISEASE) virus. Within the framework of the measures taken; All academic / administrative staff and students who are abroad and who return home will be deemed to have administrative leave for 14 days from the date of return. The staff and the students concerned are required to send the page of the entry stamp of their passport to the e-mail addresses below.

Student: ogrenci.isleri@iku.edu.tr
Staff: ik@iku.edu.tr

In addition to the information below concerning  new Coronavirus, you may click to have updated guidance through World Health Organization (WHO).
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
 

WHAT IS THE NEW CORONAVIRUS DISEASE?

The New Coronavirus Disease, designated COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, is an infectious disease. A study of the samples taken from patients has led experts to conclude on 7 January that the virus causing the disease is of the Coronavirus family, as in the SARS (2002) and MERS (2012) outbreaks, and the virus was designated as the New Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV)

IS THE NEW CORONAVIRUS DISEASE DANGEROUS?

Compared to the mortality rates of the SARS and MERS outbreaks in the past, this disease currently has a relatively low mortality rate of 2%. Data suggests that the virus is more likely to cause severe illness in advanced age and in people who have an accompanying disease (such as asthma, diabetes or heart disease). The disease progresses relatively mildly in young and healthy adults.

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE?

The incubation period is the period after which the symptoms and effects of the disease manifest once the virus has entered the body. The New Coronavirus is known to cause suddenly onsetting symptopms of high fever (39 C), coughing and shortness of breath following an incubation period of 2 to 14 days. Some patients have also exhibited symptoms of sore throat and nasal congestion. In severe cases, lung infections, severe acute respiratory infections and renal failure can be seen.

HOW DOES THE VIRUS SPREAD?

The virus infects mainly through the inhalation of the small respirtory droplets that are generated upon the coughing and sneezing of infected individuals. It can also infect when hands are brought without washing into contact with the face, eyes, nose or mouth after touching surfaces polluted with droplets from infected individuals. Touching the eyes, nose or mouth with dirty hands increases the risk.

HAVE ANY CASES BEEN SEEN IN TURKEY?

According to the announcement by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health on March 11, 2020, a Turkish citizen travelling from Europe tested positive with corona virus.

HOW CAN WE PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THE VIRUS?

No vaccine has yet been developed against the virus, and therefore, the basic principles for avoiding acute respiratory tract infections also apply to the New Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Since there is currently no outbreak of the virus in our country, no special precautions are required. But during the winter months, when many virusses that cause respiratory tract infections (influenza, the common cold viruses etc.) circulate among humans, the following precautions are recommended against all respiratory tract viruses, including 2019-nCoV.
Hand hygiene should be ensured. Hands hould be washed with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. When soap is unavailable, alcohol-based hand antiseptics should be used. There is no need to use special soaps that contain antiseptic and antibacterial agents. Normal soap is sufficient. 

- Hands should not be brought in contact with the mouth, nose and eyes without washing. 
- Contact with infected individuals should be avoided, including those infected with the seasonal flu. In the physical proximity of such individuals, a distance of at least 1 meter should be kept whenever possible. 
- Hands should be washed frequently, particularly after direct contact with people suffering from illness and their environments. 
- Masks are currently not recommended for healthy individuals in our country. People suffering from viral respiratory tract infections are advised to cover their mouth and nose with disposable paper tissues while coughing and sneezing. When paper tissues are unavailable, the use of the inner side of the elbow is recommended.

SHOULD MASKS BE USED? WHEN AND HOW?

Healthy individuals with no respiratory symptoms such as coughing do not need to wear medical masks. But masks can be used if the individual will be staying for extended periods in crowded spaces where air circulation is limited. The use of medical masks is recommended if you have respiratory symptoms. Hands should be cleaned after disposing of the mask.

Regular medical masks that are recommended for use in crowded environments such as public transport or classrooms have been demonstrated to have similar effects for protection against infection as N95 and FFP2 masks with special filters.

N95 and FFP2 masks are only recommended for the use of health personnel who work with respiratory tract conditions in health institutions.

There are no epidemiological findings so far which suggest that contact with goods or products shipped from countries that are affected by the New Coronavirus outbreak has caused infection. There is no need to use masks when coming into contact with cargo from a country where New Coronavirus infections have been seen. The use of gloves is also not necessary, except for protection against possible mechanical hazards that can arise from contact with rough surfaces.

WHEN SHOULD I SEE A DOCTOR?

Health institutions should be consulted in cases where fever and coughing and difficulty of breathing are observed.

Individuals traveling to countries where cases of the New Coronavirus have been seen are required to visit a health institution if they develop symptoms of fever, coughing and difficulty of breathing within 14 days of their return, and report their travel story.

H. E. Prof. Elizabeth Kiango-Kiondo, the Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania, visited the journalists Bünyamin Aygün's exhibition that is consisting of portraits of albinos in Tanzania, at IKUSAG. After the exhibition visit, Prof. Kiondo was the guest of our Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Nihal Sarıer.

Women and Social Research Unit (GCP-KAD) President Prof. Dr. Isil Zeybek, represented our university in a program entitled "Heroic Women of our Turkey", organized by the Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Services. The event, which was held with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan within the scope of "8 March International Women's Day", was hosted by Haliç Congress Center.

An interview titled “Hormones, Emotions and Women” was organized in cooperation with Istanbul Kültür University Women's and Social Research Unit (İKÜ-KAD) and the Gender Equality Club. Tuesday, March 10 to run events, Assoc. Prof. Taner Usta, one of the obstetricians of Acıbadem-Altunizade Hospital, Demirören News Agency Health Correspondent Özlem Yurtçu Karabulut and Bayer Turkey Women's Health Sales and Marketing Manager, Berk Gökbudak attended the event.

Interview moderator Özlem Yurtçu Karabulut shared the news about the importance of hormones in the world of women's health and the awareness of the woman about planned pregnancy in the press and asked questions about the change in women's emotions.

Istanbul Kültür University International Student Scholarship Examination which was supposed to be on 5th April 2020 has been postponed to a later date within the scope of the preventive measures against the New Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak in our country. 

Information about the new exam date will be announced in the coming days. 

We wish you healthy days. 

A technical trip was organized to MSA Culinary Arts Academy in Maslak within the scope of the elective course "Kitchen and Bathroom Design" under the direction of Prof. Dr. Rana Kutlu, one of our faculty members of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design. On the trip held on Wednesday, March 4, Büşra Deveci from the Culinary Arts Academy gave detailed information to the students of the Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture and Environmental Design about the planning, operation and organizational structure for the industrial kitchen.

Organised by the Department of Cinema and Television on 5-6 March, the event titled “DaVinci Resolve Editing Program Training”. Turkey’s significant directors such as Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Erdem Tepegöz, Reis Çelik, Selim Evci participated the event. In the event hosted by Istanbul Kültür University Ataköy campus, our students had the opportunity to receive training from DaVinci Resolve program specialists, as well as chat with the directors participating in the event. After the training, our academics from the Department of Cinema and Television met with the directors and exchanged views on possible collaborations on joint projects for students.

On Friday, March 6, 2020, the International Trade Department organized a conference titled “Legislative Obligated Status (YYS) Legislation and Changes” at Basın Ekspres campus between 14.00-16.00. E&Y Partner Sercan Bahadır and Expert (E&Y) Gözde Küçükçelebi attended the conference, which was moderated by Mentor Group Partner Hakan Çınar, one of the lecturers of the International Trade Department. In addition to our students, in the event, which showed interest in important names of the business world, detailed information was given about the changes in the YYS legislation.

The “7th Century Project Exhibition” of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design was opened on Monday, March 9, in “VBenzeri Venue” on the top floor of the Vitra Nişantaşı store. The exhibition is open until Friday, March 13.

 The project, which was executed by Assist. Prof. Aliye Rahşan Karabetça, Instructor Mehmet Hakan Yılmazer, Instructor Dicle Hökenek and Instructor Rıdvan Emre Öztürk, aims to witness and raise awareness of the physical spaces of institutions and structures that support the struggle of low-income women against poverty and socially and economically strengthen women. In the project, the office building of the Women's Labor Assessment Foundation (KEDV) on Istiklal Caddesi Bekar Street was discussed. KEDV made important contributions to our students in terms of ideas.

The BAP proposal titled "A Research on the Benefits of Intelligent Power Controls in AVUS-Control of Lighting", prepared by Mustafa Yılmaz, a first-year student of the Department of Entrepreneurship, with the guidance of Assist. Prof. Nazan Çağlar and the support of Research Assistant Taha Yusuf Çakarel, was accepted.

Department of Communication Arts students visited world's most famous performance artist Marina Abramovic and Marina Abramovic Institute’s the first exhibition in Turkey within the scope of “Protocol Information II” course.

In the exhibition at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, works by other performance artists using the Abramovic method, an art form in which the body is used as an art tool ,as well as the works of Marina Abramovic, one of the most important representatives of performance art, were exhibited.

During the event held on Tuesday, March 3, our students had the opportunity to meet both Abramovic's art form and the performances of domestic and foreign artists selected from 400 artists. Our students also became part of a performance on the lower floor of the museum.

An interview titled “Vision of Women Success in Corporate Communication” was held on Wednesday, March 11, in cooperation with the Public Relations and Publicity Program and the Communication Arts Department. Çalık Holding Corporate Communications Director Özlem Yalçın participated as a speaker in the event held at the Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall. During the seminar she gave, Yalçın explained the working areas, functions and importance of corporate communication employees to our students. Stating that corporate communication is very effective in reputation management within the scope of communication activities used by companies while reaching their goals, Yalçın drew attention to the successes of women working in corporate communication.

Following the announcement of the first case of Covid-19 (new type coronavirus) in Turkey, as a part of the counter measures taken by the Rectorate, all activities (symposiums, conferences, concerts, Erasmus, etc.) in our university has been cancelled from today until further notice.

I work on Contemporary Turkish Literature and especially poetry. The structure of the network of concepts, concept areas and the relationships between them constitutes the general framework of my studies. I think my most important quality is; I am the father of my sons Kayra and Dora and my daughter Pera.

Actually, I cannot say that I joined the Culture Family. I was born here as a child of the Culture Family. I was a 21-year-old undergraduate student when I came here. I am now a 40 year old faculty member. I am one of the first students of the Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Turkish Language and Literature. The department is now a 19-year department and it wouldn't be wrong to say that we grew up together. After completing my undergraduate and graduate education in our university, I completed my doctorate at Trakya University. I started to work as a research assistant in this department where I graduated with a PhD. While I was working as a Assist. Prof., I worked as Deputy Head of Department and Vice Dean.