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Books stimulate children’s imagination, increase their thinking capacity, expand their vocabulary, and make learning the native language easier for them. Based on the data by Turkish Statistical Institute, Turkish people read 8.4 books per capita in a 78 million populated country. 2017 Performance Program, published by the Ministry of National Education, reveals that while the number of books per student at elementary school is 25, this number drops drastically as the students get older.

Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı, Honorary Member of the Turkish Historical Society, pointed that education system in Turkey needed to be reexamined and he said, “Education is no joke”. Prof. Dr. Ortaylı, who was invited as the guest speaker by IUE Political Platform Club, stated that Turkey would take place among rare countries with young population.

Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design rolled their sleeves up in order to turn the historical TARİŞ building in Kuşadası into a “Zero Waste” restaurant. IUE designers developed projects for the historical building located in the 9 thousand 958-decare lot purchased by Aydın Metropolitan Municipality. The restaurant projects will prevent food waste and won’t harm the historical texture.

Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Culinary Arts and Management visited Izmir Türk Koleji (ITK) Kindergarten and baked delicious cookies with tiny chefs. IUE Chefs baked cookies and cakes with small children in order to contribute to their cognitive and motor skills.

Waste fabrics, papers, plastics, old clothes were transformed into artwork for reuse. Lecturers and students of Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), exhibited the costumes, clothes, notebooks, necklaces, pencil holders, lambs, dolls, and bags they designed out of waste materials obtained within the Faculty, at “Reclaim! Up Cycling Design Exhibition” titled event at Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center. The exhibition will stay open until March 30.   

Education doesn’t count chromosomes. Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Vocational School of Health Services, Child Development Program welcomed kids with Down syndrome on campus. Students directed a program at mixing desk at the studios of IUE Faculty of Communication; they did experiments at the labs of IUE Medical Laboratory Techniques Program. Students also attended the paramedic course and tapped the rhythm in the music classes.  

Technological developments cause security measures to increase when it comes to using credit cards. The credit cards sent by banks will no longer be authorized for online shopping based on the decision by the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK). New customers, upon receiving their cards, will have to call the customer services and give their approval for online use of their cards. Also, existing customers with credit cards will have to contact their banks by August 17 and inform them about their decision regarding online transactions. Prof. Dr. Hakan Yetkiner, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics, who commented on the BDDK decision, said that the measures were very timely; however, there was an urgent need for technology education in Turkey.

Izmir has been promoted by Izmir University of Economics, Department of Culinary Arts and Management at the 375^th anniversary of Montreal, member of DELICE Network of Gourmet Cities. 

Nurten Öztürk, Founding Member of OPET Executive Board, stated that it was the major duty of adults to prevent the youth from getting lost in dark tunnels, and open their path to success. Öztürk, who addressed the students at the 2^nd Human Resources Summit: Those Who Make a Difference titled event organized by Izmir University of Economics (IUE), stated that their story was not a fairytale, that as a teacher couple, she and her husband stood shoulder to shoulder and established OPET, a domestic investment company that ranks first in customer satisfaction for 11 years.   

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) is shedding light on the dreams of young students who want to become the future aerospace engineers. Izmir University of Economics, who is dedicated to train and educate students who can establish and improve eco-friendly, safe, technologically and economically feasible aircrafts and space crafts and technologies that will be used in transportation, exploration, telecommunication, and in both national and universal defense at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, which admitted its first students this year, shared the dream of 8^th grader Görkem Özgür Genç who wants to study the functioning of the universe. Genç, whom reached out to Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, and told him about his project, was given the telescope as a present by Demirtaş that will help him carry out his research.