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Every activity is mapped to one or more of the 17 SDGs. Filter by year, category and goal to explore YTU's sustainability impact.

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2025-YKS Outstanding Achievement Support Programme General 5 articles
2025

2025-YKS Outstanding Achievement Support Programme

YTU launched a comprehensive incentive programme encompassing scholarship, accommodation, and entrepreneurship support for students achieving outstanding results in the 2025 University Entrance Examination (YKS). Implemented under the motto 'Be a Star Too,' this model not only rewards academic achievement but also aims to support students' academic and professional development through a 114-year-deep-rooted ecosystem. Support packages offered are as follows: Outstanding Achievement Support — ...

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2025 Achievement and Equal Opportunity Scholarships General 5 articles
2025

2025 Achievement and Equal Opportunity Scholarships

YTU Rector Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik announced the Achievement Scholarship application — implemented for the first time this year, in line with the university's vision of rewarding academic achievement and ensuring equity in education. Gaining significant momentum with the 2025 YKS results, YTU launched a special scholarship programme encompassing students ranking in the top 100, 500, 1,000, and 2,000 nationally. Within this scope, 30 outstanding students newly joining the YTU family qualified to ...

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Scholarship for Equal Opportunity in Education General 5 articles
2025

Scholarship for Equal Opportunity in Education

YTU significantly increased the capacity of its Need-Based Scholarship, implemented to support students' educational journeys, in the new academic year. The scholarship support provided to more than 1,000 students in the previous year was expanded in scope this year, planned to reach a total of 1,500 Yıldız students. Within the process conducted by the YTU Foundation and YTU Scholarship Coordination Office, it was decided to provide eligible students with monthly financial support of 3,000 TL...

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Yıldızlı Smiles Project General 5 articles
2025

Yıldızlı Smiles Project

YTU Business Club carried out the “Yıldızlı Smiles” social responsibility project to support children and disadvantaged communities. Volunteers visited children in İzmir and simultaneously provided aid to people in need in Kahramanmaraş, creating a bridge of solidarity between different regions of Türkiye..

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ÇOTUN April:Volunteer Meal Distribution in Taksim General
2025

ÇOTUN April:Volunteer Meal Distribution in Taksim

YTU Social Responsibility Club successfully completed the April schedule of its traditional ÇOTUN project, which places social solidarity and mutual aid at its centre. Club members, taking volunteer consciousness beyond campus boundaries, provided warm meals and soup to homeless and needy individuals in Taksim at specified intervals throughout April.

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"Çorbada Tuzun Olsun” Solidarity Event General
2025

"Çorbada Tuzun Olsun” Solidarity Event

YTU Social Responsibility Club and Science and Mathematics Club signed another meaningful joint activity to reinforce social solidarity and mutual aid consciousness. YTU student volunteers gathered at Taksim Square on 7 November at 18:15 to support homeless and needy individuals, distributing warm soup and food to street residents in collaboration with the Çorbada Tuzun Olsun Association.

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Financial Literacy Training General 4 articles
2025

Financial Literacy Training

YTU Economics Club conducted a Financial Literacy Training at the IIBF Murat Demircioğlu Conference Hall with the participation of Dr. Vahap Taştan on 22 October. At this event, where the Investment Research Director from Info Investment provided an education on financial awareness and fundamental economic competencies, participants received productive learning.

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Functional Food Production Project Supported under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Program General 5 articles
2025

Functional Food Production Project Supported under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Program

A research project led by Prof. Dr. Muhammet Arıcı from the Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, has been funded under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program. Entitled “Production of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)-Enriched Tarhana Using Selected Lactic Acid Bacteria,” the project focuses on enhancing the nutritional and functional properties of a traditional fermented food through innovative biotechno...

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Agricultural High School and Eco-Market Design Exhibition General 5 articles
2025

Agricultural High School and Eco-Market Design Exhibition

YTU Faculty of Architecture undertook a meaningful academic collaboration with T.C. Milas Municipality and Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Faculty of Architecture. Diploma Project studies on the theme “Agricultural High School and Eco-Market Design”, envisioned for the Bafa region of Milas, were opened to visitors through an exhibition held at the historic Milas Çöllüoğlu Han. At the opening event on 27 September 2025, Milas Mayor Fevzi Topuz, faculty members and students from both universities...

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Digital MAPs Entrepreneurship Game General 5 articles
2025

Digital MAPs Entrepreneurship Game

The “Digital MAPs Entrepreneurship Game”, developed through the collaboration of YTU researchers, combines sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship with a digital game-based learning model. This innovative project, designed especially for young people not in employment, education, or training (NEETs), encourages participants to build a greener future through its entertaining and competency-enhancing framework. Accessible via map4ngame.com, the work consolidates the university's active role i...

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e-Campus Protocol and “Suspended Meal” Initiative General 5 articles
2025

e-Campus Protocol and “Suspended Meal” Initiative

YTU launched the “e-Campus” protocol in collaboration with Yapı Kredi Bank and Etisan Holding, in line with its student-oriented service approach and digital transformation vision. Within the scope of the protocol signed with the participation of Rector Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik, a fast and secure payment infrastructure based on QR code and mobile application has been activated at all expenditure points from canteens to social facilities. With the new system, students are offered every 5th meal fr...

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AI-Assisted Food Safety General 5 articles
2025

AI-Assisted Food Safety

The Hipolens Team, consisting of students from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, won First Prize in Türkiye in the Artificial Intelligence category at Türkiye Innovation Week 2025. Using hyperspectral imaging technology, the project enables real-time detection of food spoilage, moisture content, and food fraud risks. By integrating artificial intelligence with food safety applications, the innovation offers a transformative digital solution for quality control and f...

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