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Dr. Marina Prentoulis, Member of Syriza, Greece’s Ruling Party, and Senior Lecturer at University of East Anglia, who had been the guest of Faculty of Communication, Izmir University of Economics, stated that they believed Turkey belonged in the European Union; however, there was a need for a reform within the Union itself.
 

Group Gripin delivered a magnificent concert for the grand finale of the 14^th Spring Festival of Izmir University of Economics (IUE). Students met the cast of ‘Seksenler’ TV series during the day. Scriptwriter Murat Aras, actors Berat Yenilmez, Aydın Sarman, Ayberk Atilla, Eray Yasin Işık, and Hakan Bulut of ‘Seksenler’ TV Show came together with IUE students at the Conference Hall. The colloquy started with commemorating Zeki Alasya, who was one of the significant actors of Turkish Theatre recently passed away.
 

Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) are enjoying the spring with series of zestful activities at the 14^th Spring Festival. As the audience attended the “Acapella Boğaziçi” concert at night time, the Engelsizmir Wheel Chair Dance performance, hosted by IUE Kızılay-Turkish Red Crescent Club, attracted great attention in the afternoon on the second day of the festival. Students accompanied the dancers in wheelchairs, and all the restraints disappeared in the rhythm of the dance.   
 

Students of Izmir University of Economics are celebrating the spring with a Retro concept. Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, IUE Rector, and students cut the cake and officially opened the 14^th Spring Festival, mainly sponsored by Izmir Chamber of Commerce. First night’s guest singer Can Bonomo sang his popular songs with the audience.   
 

Izmir University of Economics will be hosting the 4^th Energy Management and Policies Workshop. The role of wind and solar power in Turkish energy security will be discussed in the workshop that will be organized by IUE Department of Sustainable Energy. Dr. Ioannis Tsipouridis, President, Board of Directors of Hellenic Wind Energy Association from Greece, and Yusuf Yazar, General Director of ETKB Renewable Energy from Turkey will be the keynote speakers at the workshop that will start at 09.30 on May 13.  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu, IUE Head of Department of Sustainable Energy, will interpret the outcomes of the scientific research titled “Energy Security Perception of Turkish Industry” conducted by the Department.
 

The 1^st Urla International Artichoke Festival, organized in order to promote artichoke, hosted thousands of guests in Urla. "1st Urla International Artichoke Festival" co-organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Urla Municipality, and Izmir University of Economics, involved artichoke recipes contest, tastings, panels, exhibitions, and workshops.   
 

Candidates and parties who are able to blend the election process with technological developments will be able to think that the election is assured, stated the experts. As Turkey holds her breath and focuses on the elections that will take place on June 7, the experts point out that the politicians are asking for votes by talking face to face instead of making promises with the developments in technology. Burak Amirak, Lecturer at IUE Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Advertising, stated that in addition to the political dynamics of each era, especially the developments in communication had effect on the election process.
 

Izmir University of Economics Department of Culinary Arts and Management hosted “Slovenian Culinary Day” event. Slovenian Chef Janez Bratovz cooked Slovenian dishes with the help of future chefs. IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, Milan Jazbec, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in Turkey, Mazhar İzmiroğlu, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Slovenia in Izmir, and many guests have attended the event which took place Izmir University of Economics.
 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) is the one and only member to have joined the “Learning Cities Networks (LCN)” from Turkey. The network, with 27 institutions from England, Italy, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Scotland, the Republic of South Africa, Botswana, China, and Turkey as members, aims to assist cities in finding creative and rapid solutions at an international platform. The members will develop, discuss, and share the solution recommendations regarding their cities at 2016 PASCAL Conference that will take place at Glasgow, and provide global data flow.  
 

It has been stated that people used their right side of the brain (the side said to control emotions) 95% of time when it came to making decisions, and that the metaphors played major role in marketing communication. Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Business held a symposium titled, “Alternative Methods in Marketing Researches”. Haluk Sicimoğlu, President of Advertising Association of Turkey and Chief Strategy Officer, BDDO Turkey, who spoke at the symposium, stated that the recent studies on human brain revealed that the ad campaigns of the past 10 years were nothing but money gone to waste.