İstanbul Kültür University

A panel talk was held with Fenerbahçe Göksel Çelik Wheelchair Basketball Team as part of the "December 3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities", in cooperation with Kültür Point and UNIFEB Club. Many listeners as well as Fenerbahçe fans attended the panel talk held at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center on Tuesday, December 6th. A surprise banner was prepared for the athletes by the UNIFEB Club. In the event, where IKU Sports Coordinator İsmail Çakıt was the moderator, the Fenerbahçe athletes answered the questions of the students.

In the 5th appeal period of the Evreka Pre-Incubation Centre Project Competition organized by Kültür College, our faculty members from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences met with the students as part of the “Start Up Stand Up” events. 

In the event;

- Res. Assist. Mustafa Bekmezci from the Department of Entrepreneurship,  on Wednesday, November 30, “Entrepreneurship Resilience and Sustainability”,

- Assist. Prof. Artur Mumcu From the Department of Entrepreneurship, on Thursday, December 1, “Crowdfunding in Entrepreneurship”,

The play "Anne", starring renowned actors Engin Hepileri and Defne Kayalar, was staged for art lovers on Thursday, December 1 at 19.00 at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center. Written by the Oscar-winning French writer Florian Zeller, the play tells the psychological strain of a mother caused by her individuality being dissolved and the loss of her agency in the modern patriarchal family structure . The play, which was staged with the magnificent performance of the actors under the directorship of Onur Ünsal, was a big success with the audience.

The Department of Business Administration organized a conference titled “Crisis Management and Decision Making in A Crisis”  to contribute to the personal development of students.  The event in which Turkish Airlines Maintenance Operations Manager Dr Bekir Alper Yıldırım was the speaker, was held on Friday, November 25 at 14.00 at the Basın Ekspres Campus Conference Hall.

Master actress Sumru Yavrucuk met with art lovers with her solo comedy play “Shirley” on Thursday, November 17 at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center. Artist Selmin Artemiz’s unforgettable music compositions accompanied the play, which was written by British writer Willy Russell and adapted by Sumru Puppy. In the play, the story of Shirley Valentine, who got lost in the boringness of her daily life and who, like many women, has even forgotten her dreams, was told. The play ended with a standing ovation from the audience.

Istanbul Kültür University Family Businesses and Entrepreneurship Application and Research Center (AGMER) Deputy Director Assist. Prof. Andaç Toksoy attended the 10th National Family Business Summit organized by TAIDER Family Businesses. At the summit held at Swissotel the Bosphorus Istanbul on 4-5 November 2022 with the theme of “The Change in Our Values ​​from Past to Present”; 33 different speakers, hundreds of family business owners and members took part.

IKU Alumni and Members Association (IKÜMED) Fitness Center was opened for use on Tuesday, November 8, at our Basın Ekspres campus.  The fitness center was opened by our Secretary General, Assist. Prof. İbrahim Ethem Tarhan.  Our faculty and administrative personnel, students and graduates who want to register for the Fitness Center can visit the İKÜMED Office in the backyard of Ataköy campus.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) commemorated the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk with a program organized on the 84th anniversary of his death. The ceremony held on Thursday, November 10, at 09:05, in the front garden of Ataköy campus, was attended by our Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Gülce Öğrüç Ildız and Prof. Dr. Fadime Üney Yüksektepe, our Secretary General Assist. Prof. İbrahim Ethem Tarhan, our deans, academic-administrative staff and students.

Zero waste and general cleaning reminder trainings were held by Atalian Academy for the cleaning personnel working in our Ataköy and Basın Ekspres campuses on Saturday, November 5th.

Istanbul Kültür University Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center continues to bring together beautiful events with students of Kültür and art lovers. In the concert, held on Thursday, November 3, by the IKU Fine Arts Practice and Research Center (GSUAM), Cihan Mürtezaoğlu, who has written many songs such as Bir Beyaz Orkide, Hangi Yol, Sen Banasın, Belli Olmaz, and won the hearts of many with his naive musical style, was a guest of our university. Mürtezaoğlu gave pleasant moments to music lovers with his magnificent stage performance.