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Third Annual Green Startups ’24 Education 5 articles
October 2025

Third Annual Green Startups ’24

We were delighted to host green entrepreneurs and esteemed companies once again at our third annual Green Startups ’24 event. This gathering brought together innovative startups focused on sustainability, clean technology, and eco-friendly business models. Throughout the event, participants share...

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YTU is now an associate member of the KreativEU Alliance Education 5 articles
October 2025

YTU is now an associate member of the KreativEU Alliance

YTU is now an associate member of the KreativEU Alliance, which includes 10 universities from 10 EU countries! We have hosted a productive workshop, discussing research projects, bilateral agreements, university-sector cooperations. The KreativEU (Knowledge & Creativity European University) entai...

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YTU Yıldız Teknopark Partners in TWIN Project to Boost SMEs’ Digital and Green Transformation Industry 1 articles
October 2025

YTU Yıldız Teknopark Partners in TWIN Project to Boost SMEs’ Digital and Green Transformation

The TWIN project, in which YTU Yıldız Teknopark participates as a partner, is an Erasmus+ Small-Scale Cooperation Project within the framework of the European Green Deal. The project aims to offer innovative tools and training to help SMEs overcome the complex challenges of digital transformation...

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SMARTNET Project Education 5 articles
October 2025

SMARTNET Project

"A Smart Network for Technology Transfer and Commercialisation with Funnel Model” (SMARTNET) Project is carried out by Yıldız Technical University (YTÜ) in partnership with Hasan Kalyoncu University (HKU), Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and Gebze Technical University (GTU), with the co-finan...

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ECONENGIN Project (Economic Engineering) Education 5 articles
October 2025

ECONENGIN Project (Economic Engineering)

Dr. Fazıl Kayıkçı, a faculty member of the Department of Economics at Yıldız Technical University, is leading the ECONENGIN project (Economic Engineering), which has been awarded funding under the Erasmus Mundus Design Measures call. Yıldız Technical University is the sole applicant and coordinat...

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OPTIFY Project (Enhancing Monitoring and Management Capacities of HEIs on Optical Networks and Optical Communication in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan) Education 5 articles
October 2025

OPTIFY Project (Enhancing Monitoring and Management Capacities of HEIs on Optical Networks and Optical Communication in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan)

Dr. Ahmet Kızılay, a faculty member of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Yıldız Technical University, is the coordinator of the OPTIFY project (Enhancing Monitoring and Management Capacities of HEIs on Optical Networks and Optical Communication in Georgia, Azerbaijan,...

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InclusiVET: Bridging Skills and Accessibility in Vocational Training for the Hearing-Impaired Education 5 articles
October 2025

InclusiVET: Bridging Skills and Accessibility in Vocational Training for the Hearing-Impaired

Prof. Dr. Nihan Kahraman, a faculty member at Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, aims to create an inclusive online vocational training platform through her project titled “InclusiVET: Bridging S...

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Top Executives of the Industry will be at Zirvedekiler on March 20–21! Education 5 articles
October 2025

Top Executives of the Industry will be at Zirvedekiler on March 20–21!

Top Executives of the Industry will be at Zirvedekiler on March 20–21!We are proud to present the 26th edition of our long-standing flagship event, Zirvedekiler, which will bring together C-Level executives with students and young professionals!Taking place on March 20–21 at the Historical Hamam,...

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Poetry and Tale Club Members Visit Beşiktaş Women’s Labor Market on International Women’s Day Inclusion 1 articles
October 2025

Poetry and Tale Club Members Visit Beşiktaş Women’s Labor Market on International Women’s Day

Poetry and Tale Club Members Visit Beşiktaş Women’s Labor Market on International Women’s DayOn International Women’s Day (March 8, 2024), members of the 1002 Poetry and Tale Club visited the Beşiktaş Women's Labor Market, an initiative coordinated by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and it...

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SciFiesta – Career Talk with Serdar Başkan Education 5 articles
October 2025

SciFiesta – Career Talk with Serdar Başkan

Organized by the YTU Science and Mathematics Club (BMK), this engaging event featured renowned content creator and science communicator Serdar Başkan as part of the popular SciFiesta series on February 27. Taking place at the Historical Hamam venue on campus, the session offered an inspiring expl...

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