Department of Communication Arts students prepared a communication campaign for Edis, one of the most successful artists of the recent periods. Within the scope of the "Communication Strategies" course, which has prepared communication campaigns for many successful businesspeople and artists such as Ali Sabancı, Ali Sunal, Cem Hakko, Demet Akbağ, Murat Ülker, Meltem Cumbul, Ümit Boyner, our students carried out an extensive work for the artist Edis under the leadership of the Lecturer Berna Sağlam Naipoğlu.

Many opinions and evaluations were included in the study, in which approximately one thousand students studying at 64 universities in Turkey and abroad participated. Street interviews were also included in the research, in which Edis's life, art, PR relations, social media management and approaches in daily communication were examined. Inspired by the artist's ongoing social responsibility projects, the students made creative and social project suggestions.

In the presentation held at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on Tuesday, May 24 at 13.00 with the participation of our Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design Prof. Dr. Mehmet Üstünipek and our Deputy Dean & Head of the Department of Communication Arts Prof. Dr. Işıl Zeybek, the students transferred the project they prepared to the artist Edis and the artist's team.

Listening carefully to the analyses and ideas, the team thanked to the Lecturer Berna Sağlam Napioğlu and the students for the projects and reviews at the end of the presentation. 

Business Development, Industrial and Sectoral Relations Unit (İGESİB) held a conference titled "Conscious Family, Strong Society" at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center between 13.00-15.30 on Monday, May 16, 2022, for the sake of "International Day of Families". At the conference where the topics of "Work life and Private Life Balance for a Strong Family" by Assist. Prof. Dr. Habibe Akşit, “Women's Rights in Turkey" by Assist. Prof. Dr. Özge Sırma Gezer, "Family Structure" by Businesswoman & Pharmacist Kadriye Olgar and "Sustainable Family" by Prof. Dr Asiye Nuhoğlu were discussed, the importance of family for the society was emphasized. Continuing with the poetry performance of the stage actor & UNESCO Registered Meddah Artist Yusuf Duru, the conference ended after a Q&A section with the audience.

IKU Sign Language Choir attended the “19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day” ceremony organized by Bakırköy City Council. In the ceremony that started with a wreath laying in Bakırköy Cumhuriyet Square on Thursday, May 19, the National Anthem was sung by IKU Sign Language Choir students. The students also performed solo, duet and choir performances at the event where musical groups also took the stage.

Asimov Technology Club continues to grow rapidly, even though only one and a half year has passed since its establishment. The teams of our club, which exhibited Rocket, Electric and Autonomous Car and UAV projects as part of "10 May Engineer’s Day", are preparing for TEKNOFEST 2022 without a break.

The award ceremony of the 3rd SineKültür Intercollegiate Short Film Competition, organized by the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema of the Faculty of Art and Design, was held on May 12, 2022, at the Sinematek Cinema House. The films chosen as the winners were watched by the jury members and the finalists at the ceremony where the awards in the "Documentary" and "Fictional Film" categories were given to honourees.

IEEE IKU Club continues to work on Rocket, SİHA, Unmanned Underwater Vehicle and Smart Walking Stick projects. IEEE IKU Club achieved another success with the IEEE Universe team wining the Metaverse competition held on May 16-17! Astra Rocket Team, which was established this year with its robust team members after the great success of the LUPUS Rocket Team, a finalist in TEKNOFEST 2021, is preparing to make its mark on TEKNOFEST 2022!

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Head of Vocational School Asst. Prof. Sinan Kesici along with academicians of the Program of Flight Operations Management Lecturer Evren Yılmaz, Lecturer Seçgin Köroğlu, Lecturer Nur Budaklıer, and Lecturer Kerem Yücesan, visited Fatih Koşak, Chief Director of Istanbul Atatürk Airport State Airports Authority, in his office. In the meeting, in which the students of the Program of Flight Operations Management also joined, by discussing the subjects of aviation development, internship and cooperation, a consonance was reached on increasing the knowledge and manners of the students.

Program of Air Conditioning and Cooling Technology 2nd Year Students’ “Graduation Projects’ Exhibition” was held on Tuesday, May 24, in İncirli Campus. The event, in which academicians and students, especially Head of Vocational School Asst. Prof. Sinan Kesici, showed great interest, welcomed visitor for two days. Cotton candy, Thai-style ice cream, and cold drinks were served to our guests by using the devices made by the students.

The projects of the students are as follows:

1- The heat pump that can do both heating and cooling
2- The commercial freezer capable of cooling between 2-4 degrees (Used for storing and cooling food and beverages)
3- Thai-styled ice-cream maker (fried ice cream)
4- Cotton candy maker
5- The device that cleans the air with ozone generator and ultraviolet rays in indoor areas and removes over moisture contained in the air
6- The device that generates electricity from heat with Peltier. It is possible to obtain a DC voltage of 12 volts. Especially on campgrounds by lighting a fire, this device is placed on top and used to charge the battery.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Department of Turkish Language and Literature of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences organized an event titled "Nazım Hikmet Poetry Recitation" with the participation of students and academicians at the Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 16:00. A certificate of appreciation was presented to all participants at the end of the event.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) took part as a guest cinema school in the 8th Balkan Panorama Film Festival, which was held between 21-27 May. The Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assist. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz and the students of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema represented our university. During the festival, the films of our students were screened in special selections.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Mukaddes Turan Miral from Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing gave a seminar on "Adolescent Health" at Sakarya Pamukova 75. Yıl Primary School as part of "TÜBİTAK Science Talks". The seminar, which was held on Monday, May 16, was attended by Pamukova District Director of National Education Aziz Demir, adolescent 4th grade students and teachers. In the seminar attended by approximately one hundred students, an educational talk was given in line with scientific studies on adolescence and the different factors that effect it. At the end of the event, Assist. Prof. Dr. Mukaddes Turan Miral was presented a plaque by Mehmet Kabasakal, the Director of 75. Yıl Primary School, and a certificate of appreciation by Aziz Demir, the District Director of National Education.

In cooperation with IKU Accounting and Audit Club, Financial Literacy Club, Marketing Club, and Program of Business Management, a technical visit to Dolmabahçe Palace was held on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Students of IKU Program of Business Management celebrated the end of the semester by visiting the Dolmabahçe Palace and Painting Museum.

Script of short film called “654 gram” written by one of our Department of Radio, Television and Cinema student at Istanbul Kültür University Ömer Dişbudak, is selected to be as a finalist in the “19th Cinema of Future” competition which is organized by cooperation of TÜRSAK foundation and Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Our Head of the Department of Foreign Languages Dr. Sinan Bataklar organized an interview to the students of Orhan Cemal Fersoy Anatolian High School about the preparation for the university exam in the field of foreign languages, undergraduate departments of foreign languages, educational plans, work and career opportunities. Our teacher also answered the students' questions at the end of the chat.

The third issue of the e-journal “Bilim-Siz” prepared by the members of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Club has been published.

An event titled "Economics Graduate Conversation" was held by the Department of Economics on Monday, May 23, 2022, with our 2013 graduate Gizem Woods as the speaker. The online event where Gizem Woods, who works as a financial reporting specialist at the headquarters of Zurich Insurance, shared her experiences, and gave career-oriented advice to our students, was moderated by Deputy Head of the Department of Economics Assist. Prof. Dr. Merve Hamzaoğlu. 

ACCA Turkey, one of the world's largest global professional organizations, had its first face-to-face meeting with Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) after two years of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students of IKU Program of Business Management as well as, Program of Banking and Insurance attended the event organized by IKU Accounting and Auditing Club. The event where the subject of “The Future of Accounting and Auditing and Generation Z” was discussed, was moderated by Lecturer Dr. N. Gözde Bircan.

Lecturer Emin Aksan from IKU Vocational School participated in the Erasmus+ KA171 Staff Training Activity held at Yarmouk University in Jordan, one of IKU’S partner universities, between 16-20 May 2022.

Dr. Meri Taksi Deveciyan from Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences virtually presented her paper titled "Blockchain Technology and Renewable Energy as a Source of Sustainable Competitive Advantage ", which she co-authored, at the symposium titled "Blockchain for Society and Nature" organized by Ankara University on May 16, 2022.

In cooperation with IKU IEEE Club and Global Maksimum Data & Information Tech, a chat titled "Case Analysis with the Solution that Won the Image Processing and Teknofest Artificial Intelligence in Health Competition" will be held. The event, in which Data Scientist Onat Yapıcı from Global Maksimum Data & Information Tech company will be the speaker, will be held on Tuesday, May 31, at 12.00, at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall.

The award ceremony of the “Start-Up Feast III” event, organized by the Department of Entrepreneurship, will be held on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at 14:00, at the Basın Ekspres Campus Conference Hall.

Paula Backscheider's Women in Wartime is the first study of theatrical representations of women with intimate connections to military men. Drawing upon her extensive expertise in gender, performance studies, popular culture, and archival studies, Backscheider traces the rise of the London theatre's acceptance that one of its responsibilities was to support its country's wars. Rather than focusing on the historical, mythical "warrior women" on the battlefield who have been much studied, Backscheider explores the lives and work of sweethearts, wives, mothers, sisters, barmaids, provision sellers, seaport prostitutes, and more, whose relationships to active-duty men made them recruits, volunteers, or even conscripts. They represent a distinct group of thousands of real women, and the actresses who portrayed them gave performances of change, struggle, celebration, mourning, survival, love, and patriotism.

Backscheider explicates more than fifty plays -from main pieces, short farces, interludes, afterpieces, and comic operas to entr'actes, pantomimes, and even masques- as both entertainment and as ideological and propagandistic vehicles in times of severe crises. She also reveals how these works, many written by men with military experience, attest to the context of difficult, inescapable realities and momentous needs. Through the debunking of sexual stereotypes and attention to audience-pleasing roles such as impoverished-wife and breeches parts, Backscheider adds a dimension to theatrical history that substantially contributes to women's and military histories. Women in Wartime demonstrates the startling acuity and prescience of the repertoire in responding to the war-steeped culture of the period.

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