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10 KASIM ATATÜRK’Ü ANMA TÖRENİ
GÖSTERİ MERKEZİ

NOVEMBER 10TH ATATÜRK REMEMBRANCE DAY
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

08:45-09:05
Slayt gösterimi / Slide Show

09:05-09:10
Saygı Duruşu ve İstiklal Marşı / Moment of Silence & National Anthem

09:10- 09:15
Nihat Berker

09:15-10:00
İpek Çalışlar
"Atatürk ve Kadın Hakları" / "Women's Rights"

Using various service providers, wittingly or unwittingly, we confide our privacy to others. We are always subject to surveillance via our sent text-messages, e-mails, uploaded pictures on internet, our credit cards, phone calls, information about us on online social networks.

We barter our our privacy in exchange for the facilities and comfort these services provide. When we step against this exchange then the network of intelligence for security is weakened. Consequently, we end up raising this question: Privacy or Sercurity?

We invite you all to discuss on this topic with Dr. Erkay Savaş from the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences.

On November 9th Tuesday at 20:00 FENS L062

Encompassing the reflections of the Islamic world from Indonesia to Sicily, Andalusia and China throughout the same historical period, the Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum exhibition was inaugurated at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum with the cooperation of the Aga Khan Culture Foundation.

The exhibition includes masterpieces of Islamic art, and will be opened to the public as the collection of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto in 2013.  This is the first time the collection is exhibited in a predominantly Muslim country.

Exhibits include ceramic, wooden, metal and fabric objects that are inscribed with verses from the Quran, in addition to manuscripts and miniatures.  The exhibits comprise the personal collection of Aga Khan and his family.

The Sabancı University International Relations Office took part in 6 fairs held in 4 countries to promote Sabancı University and to discuss joint efforts with institutions in various universities.

The International Relations Office attended international education fairs in Azerbaijan, Egypt, Morocco and Kazakhstan in October, where they introduced Sabancı University to secondary school, undergraduate and graduate students, and gave information about the interdisciplinary curriculum of the university and other facilities including SU-NUM, the finance laboratory CAFE, and visual arts studios.  The message given to students was that they should begin their future in Istanbul, at Sabancı University.

Discussions with Azerbaijan Technical University
In addition to attending the education fair in Azerbaijan, the International Relations Office joined the Consul-General of Turkey Hulusi Kılıç and Education Advisor Halis Koyuncuoğlu for visits where commercial and cultural relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan, trade volumes, Azeri education system, scholarship policies and schools and corporations open to cooperation agreements were discussed.  Also visited was the Azerbaijan Technical University.  Negotiations were held with Teaching Department Pro-Rector Khaliq M. Yahudov, Head of International Relations Department Natig Alemdaroglu Ahmedov and Laboratory Director Arif Memedov for possible cooperation opportunities.

Dr. Ekin Burak Arıkan spoke on higher education in Turkey at the seminar in Egypt
Following the event in Azerbaijan was an international education fair in Cairo, Egypt.  Sabancı University and five other Turkish universities attended the fair.  1500 students visited the Sabancı University stand during the two days, and received information about the method of instruction at Sabancı University, scholarship opportunities and facilities.  Egyptian universities were also very interested in the Sabancı University stand.  International Relations Office Director Dr. Ekin Burak Arıkan gave a speech titled “Why Study in Turkey? Perspectives on Turkish Higher Education” at a seminar held during the fair.

Also held during October were international education fairs in Casablanca and Marrakech, Morocco.  3500 students visited the Sabancı University stand for information.

The last event in October was an education fair in Kazakhstan.  More than 100 schools from 15 countries including Kazakhstan, UK, Turkey, Canada and the USA took part in the fair, with 5 schools from Turkey attending.  6500 students visited the Sabancı University stand during the three days.

In addition to taking part in the fair, the International Relations Office visited the Consul-General of Turkey, Lale Ülker to discuss the education system in Kazakhstan and institutions that may be interested in cooperation opportunities.  The Office then attended the Republic Day Reception held at the Consulate, representing Sabancı University.

Loreal Turkey "For Women in Scinece Scholarship" Programme supported by TUBA was launched on October 2010. The Programme is created to encourage women who work in scientific field.

Life Sciences: Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Pharmacology and Physiology
Material Science: Granular Materials, Polymers, Glass - Ceramics, Composites, Biomaterials, Nano-Materials, Custom Designed Surfaces, Photonic Crystals, Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Physics.

The deadline for the applicants:  14 December 2010
For further information please visit www.loreal.com.tr

Sabancı University celebrates the Global Entrepreneurship Week of November 5th-12th with various panel discussions.  Events include “Suggestions from Business-Making Entrepreneur Alumni,” “Suggestions from Business-Making Faculty,” and “Resources for Entrepreneurs: Contests and Funds” to be held on the 8th, 9th and 11th of November.

Held under the auspices of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) with the cooperation of TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Council, TOBB Female Entrepreneurs Council and Endeavor in Turkey, the Global Entrepreneurship Week will be celebrated between the 5th and 12th of November, 2010. The week is celebrated by 100 countries across the world, and celebrations in Turkey will be attended by more than 100 NGOs, public institutions, municipalities, media institutions and universities including Sabancı University.  More than 150 events in 23 cities will be held as part of the Entrepreneurship Week.

Sabancı University will be holding panel discussions on the campus in Tuzla on the 8th, 9th and 11th of November.  The first event, “Suggestions from Business-Making Entrepreneur Alumni,” will be held on Monday, November 8th with Sabancı University alumni Ali Kızıl (Kızıl Elektronik), Enis Fakioğlu (ENISOLAR Energy Solutions) and Mehveş Özer (Gök-er Dış Ticaret) as speakers.  Speakers will share their experiences, challenges and how they overcame these issues.  In addition, Tuğçe Ağca from the Ankara Patents Bureau will answer questions of prospective entrepreneurs on intellectual property.

The second panel, titled “Suggestions from Business-Making Faculty,” will be held on Tuesday, November 9th.  Speakers will be Sabancı University faculty members Professor Yusuf Menceloğlu (founder; Nanomat and Nanotego), Associate Professor Selim Balcısoy and Associate Professor Burçin Bozkaya (founders; Visiothink), Associate Professor Erhan Budak (founder; Maksima) and Professor Aytül Erçil (founder; Vistek).  Speakers will discuss the challenges of working for two distinct organizations and the ways with which they overcome these issues.

The last panel to be held as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week will be titled “Resources for Entrepreneurs: Contests and Funds” and held on Thursday, November 11th.  Speakers will explain the resources they needed to convert their ideas into businesses, and how they obtained these resources.  Speakers will be Bülent Hiçsönmez (representative; MIT Enterprise Forum Turkey and General Manager, Google Turkey), Serhat Görgün (general manager; Inovent), Ziya Boyacıgiller (Sabancı University Faculty Member) and Kutlu Kazancı (Galata Melek Investors).

Implemented in Turkey by Sabancı University with the support of Akbank, the Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2010 results were announced.  Of the 11 companies disclosing carbon emissions, 5 are banks.

Initiated by Sabancı University in January 2010 with the support of Akbank, the first year results of the Carbon Disclosure Project Turkey were announced at a meeting held in the Sakıp Sabancı Museum.  The Carbon Disclosure Project involves more than 3000 corporations in 60 countries of the world since 2000, and was implemented in Turkey in 2010.

Attending the meeting were Assistant General Manager of Akbank, Hakan Binbaşgil; Sabancı University Faculty of Management Dean, Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller; CDP Reporting Director, Daniel Turner; European Commission Climate Action representative Yrjö Makela, and Ernst&Young Turkey partner Metin Canoğulları, who commented on the CDP as the only global reporting project for action to prevent climate change.  Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum Director and CDP Turkey Director Dr. Melsa Ararat gave information on the findings of the CDP 2010 Turkey-50 Report.

Participation in the project was 20% for the first year, and participants included 10 companies listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange-50 (İMKB-50) list, and one company that undertook voluntary reporting despite not being quoted on the İMKB-50.  Although 2010 was the first year of the CDP in Turkey, participation was higher compared to other developing countries.  Another success of the project was the commitment of some İMKB-50 companies which did not take part in the project this year to participate in the CDP in 2011.

Commenting on the findings of the CDP 2010 Turkey-50 Report, Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum Director and CDP Turkey Director Dr. Melsa Ararat said, “The Carbon Disclosure Project pioneered emissions transparency in publicly traded companies in Turkey.  Companies that made use of an opportunity to disclose their carbon emissions and climate change policies on the right platform gained competitive advantage over others and are more likely to be included in the watch lists of international corporate investors.  With an increase of climate change awareness and the proliferation of best practices in the years to come, companies in Turkey will develop more rapidly compared to companies in other developing countries.”

At the end of the meeting, Sabancı University President Professor A. Nihat Berker presented an award to the Secretary-General of the Banks Association of Turkey for the contributions of Turkish banks to the project.

Sabancı University Civic Involvement Projects (CIP) and Citibank cooperated for the NGO Internship Program, implementing an initiative maintained by the Citi Foundation in the United States for 30 years for the third time in Turkey.

The closing ceremony for the third NGO Internship Program was held at the Karaköy Communication Center on Sunday, October 24th.  Certificates were handed out to participants.

Attending the ceremony were various NGOs that took part in the internship program, including The Education Volunteers of Turkey, the Foundation for Promoting Counseling in Higher Education, Make a Wish, and WWF.  Program evaluation and certificate presentations were conducted in a friendly atmosphere with approximately 50 participants.  Both interns and NGOs noted that they found the program to be very effective, which marked the successful completion of the third year in the program.

Following the presentation of certificates and symbolic pomegranates by CIP and NGO executives, the program continued with a cocktail, giving NGOs and their former interns an opportunity to reunite.

The internship program provides students with NGO work experience during their summer holidays, while also contributing to the development of the host institutions.  Students gain a closer working knowledge of the activities and processes of NGOs, and find career opportunities in NGOs.

333 students from 39 universities applied this year
The third NGO Internship Program received 333 applications from 39 universities, 88 of whom were accepted.  Students were given the chance to state their NGO preferences, and were admitted to one of their three NGO choices among the 25 NGOs cooperated with this year for a one-month internship program

Please contact Didem Doğruöz (didemd@sabanciuniv.edu) for details.

The first prize in the awards given by the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum in honor of the academic and activist Dicle Koğacıoğlu went to Özlem Ezer from the York University with her article “Freedom from the Hegemony of ‘The One’ and ‘The Language’: Plurality in Biographies.”

Held for the first time this year, the awards received applications of 28 graduate researchers from 16 universities in Turkey and abroad.

The first “Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Awards” were given by the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum at the Sabancı University Karaköy Communication Center on Saturday, October 23rd at a ceremony preceded by a student conference.

Planned to be given annually in honor of the academic and activist Dicle Koğacıoğlu, first prize in the awards went to Özlem Ezer from the York University with her article “Freedom from the Hegemony of ‘The One’ and ‘The Language’: Plurality in Biographies.”  The first runner-up was Doğu Durgun from Sabancı University with his article “Gay Places: The Relation of the Gender Structure of Gay Men with Heteronormativity.”  The second runner-up was Meral Akbaş from the Middle East Technical University with her article “To Laugh within Four Walls: On ‘Nightstick Dance,’ ‘Bruise Cream’ and ‘Bruises Fit for a Courtroom’.”  Winners received their prizes from Sabancı University president Professor Nihat Berker.

The Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Award transcends boundaries
Held for the first time this year, the awards received applications by 28 graduate researchers from 16 countries in Turkey and abroad, including Ankara University, Bilgi University, Bilkent University, Boğaziçi University; Dokuz Eylül University, European Inter-University Human Rights Institution, Galatasaray University, Hacettepe University, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul University, Marmara University, Mimar Sinan University, Muğla University, METU, Radboud University, Sabancı University and the York University

Instated to support gender-related research on the society and culture of Turkey and to reward young researchers, the prize given to Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Awards winners for 2010 was TL 1000 , TL 750 and TL 500 for the first, second and third places, respectively.

Works assessed by an inter-university panel
The awards were open to all social sciences and humanities graduate students, and works were assessed anonymously by a panel comprised by members of various universities.  Panel members were Professor Ayşe Öncü and Assistant Professor Selçuk Akşin Somel from Sabancı University, Professor Nüket Esen and Associate Professor Meltem Ahıska from Boğaziçi University, and Professor Fatmagül Berktay from Istanbul University.  The honorary chairman of the panel was Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean Professor Mehmet Baç.

Winning papers were presented at the conference
The first seminar in the conference was titled “Contemplating Gender over Places” where Ayfer Bartu Candan from Boğaziçi University was the discussant and Doğu Durgun from Sabancı University and Avşar Gürpınar from Istanbul Technical University were speakers.  This was followed by the “Relationship between Law and Gender” seminar where Bertil Emrah Öder from Koç University was the discussant and Olcay Karacan from Ankara University and Nezihat Bakar from Istanbul University presented papers.  The last conference was “Gender over Language”.  The discussant was Hülya Adak from Sabancı University and the speakers were Özlem Ezer from the York University and Meral Akbaş from the Middle East Technical University.

Attending the Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Awards Ceremony were Sabancı University President Professor Nihat Berker, and the friends, family and students of Dicle Koğacıoğlu.

We are in the process of preparing an article on cats and dogs living in our campus for SUdergi. We would like to include individual stories as well. So if you have a story, something you want to share and/or some photographs, please send them to Defne Ucer (ducer@sabanciuniv.edu) until Monday Nov 5st.