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Today’s youth use social media to express their feelings. They express their sorrow, joy, anger through “emojis” (pictograph). The experts point that today’s language turned into a new language of expressions among youth.   

The number of children who got jailed last year in Turkey reached to 6 thousand. İbrahim Altıtaş, Judge of Izmir Juvenile High Criminal Court, reported that the number wasn’t even in the thousands in 2009, and he said that 65% of the children committed crimes again and sent back to jail. 

Young chefs of Izmir Economics created new tastes with artichoke. The future chefs presented very interesting, delicious tastes made with artichoke such as cup cakjes, macaroons, lemonade, marmalade, sushi, and “kokoreç” (charcoal grilled seasoned mutton intestines) at the "2^nd Urla International Artichoke Festival", co-organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Urla Municipality, and Izmir University of Economics. IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Can Muğan tasted each recipe, and the innovative recipes received full scores from the Rector.

Students of Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), designed a 21 meter sailboat as part of interior architecture studio course. Students, who made a custom design, submitted their projects to the jury. Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, who attended the jury meeting, listened to the presentations of students and graded full scores. 

Izmir is getting ready to become the 121^st design city around the world. Members of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) and universities offering education on interior design in Turkey came together at interior experience themed “8^th Interior Architecture Department Heads” meeting hosted by Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design. After the meeting, Izmir will be the only city in Turkey to sign IFI Declaration, which is signed by 120 cities worldwide, on Saturday, April 23.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE), which delivers instruction in English, added another success to its list. Yaren Öner, freshman at IUE Department of Fashion and Textile Design, came in first place among students from 81 cities at the Best Contest Turkey speech contest. Öner won a prize money and one week of vacation.   

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Sailing Club ranked in third place in IRC 2 class at CAMPUS CUP Sailing Competitions that took place at Marmaris. The club members Nogay Dökmeci, Nazmi Birkan Başbuğ, İnanç Haliloğlu, Simay Şen, Tutku Aydın, Simge Dabak, Oya Bilici, and Deniz Ofoğlu qualified for a third place trophy at the competitions in which sailing clubs of 35 universities participated.

Aegean dishes turned into a feast of flavor in 12 different menus prepared by 12 chefs. 12 chefs, all members of Izmir Chefs Association, prepared regional meals with Aegean herbs with the students of Department of Culinary Arts and Management of Izmir University of Economics as part of the 15^th anniversary celebrations of the University. The guests also identified the dishes they would like to see on the menu of Aegean cuisine.

Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, pointed that the University became a very important brand name in Izmir in a very short time, and he said, "New discoveries and inventions lie ahead of us. Therefore, we will not call it a world university anymore. From now on, Izmir University of Economics is the ‘University of the Future’. We will produce knowledge and technology for humanity.”   

The “VCD T-SHIRTS 2006-2016 Exhibition”, prepared as part of the 15^th anniversary of the establishment of the University by the Department of Visual Communication Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics, brought advertising industry representatives and students together.