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Izmir University of Economics is excited about starting off 2014 – 2015 Academic Year with its new students. IUE opened its doors for the 14^th time to make its students take their first steps towards their careers. The first ceremony of the new academic year started with laying a wreath at Ataturk Monument at Cumhuriyet Square. Ekrem Demirtaş, IUE President of the Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, IUE Rector, academicians, graduates and students observed a moment of silence. Singing the National Anthem was followed by laying a wreath at Ataturk Monument at Cumhuriyet Square.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Department of English Translation and Interpreting, celebrated September 30^th International Translation Day and the 10^th Anniversary of the Establishment of the department with “Translation and Technology Panel”. Prof. Dr. Lütfiye Oktar, Head of IUE Department of English Translation and Interpreting, delivered the opening speech of the event that took place at IUE Conference Hall where representatives of Izmir Translation Students Platform also expressed their opinions.

Prof. Dr. Ünal Tekinalp, Chairman of Draft Turkish Commercial Code Commission, pointed out that the courts adjusted greatly with the new law coming into force, and that  petty investors became more powerful in filing lawsuits.

It has been pointed out that 15% of the population in Turkey were below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold and that living conditions would only get worse due to low income. Based on the Income and Living Conditions Survey, 2013 by Turkish Statistical Institute  (TUIK), there is a 8 times difference between the 20% population that has the highest income rate and the 20% population that has the lowest income rate. It has been reported that Turkey needed to support its middle class and that it would contribute to a steady development and healthy economic growth.

It has been emphasized that children, with the new school year ahead, have been target group on issues such as juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, and some 273 thousand 571 children reached out to the security units in 2013. The experts pointed out the data of TUIK on “Children Came or Brought to the Security Units” was remarkable, and 16 million 400 thousand students started school and due to Turkey’s young population, school and its surroundings became a high risk target area for drug smugglers.  

The floating dock, which was designed as a proposal to diversify the use of coastlines of Turkey, made a debut today in Pasaport, Izmir. The dock, which was designed by Gudjon Erlendsson, Can Sucuoğlu, and Elif Ensari, Lecturers at Izmir University of Economics-Department of Architecture and Ertunç Hünkar, Graduate of Izmir University of Economics-Department of Architecture, with the support of Izmir Chamber of Commerce, will be on display at 2^nd Istanbul Design and Architecture Biennial organized by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) after being displayed in Izmir.

Getting engaged in sports activities night-time became more safe thanks to IUE students’ design. Merve Sünnetçioğlu and İlkay Sarıkaya, Students of IUE Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, made people doing sports more visible with the “led” system attached on sportswear.

Boiling water for hot drinks at offices just got easier with Nano technology. With the electric water kettle designed by Arman Altınyay, Student of Department of Industrial Design, IUE Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, 19 litres of water will be heated by two Nano coated glass pipe.

The experts pointed out that the parents needed to support their children in case their enthusiasm and anxiety turned into stress during the times when millions of students take the first steps to new academic year. It was reported that students might experience school phobia in all stages of education life and that the families needed to avoid behaviours such as blaming, scolding, and punishing. The solution is showing understanding and support.

The youth believes that their overweight peers will not make many friends. In a study as part of The European Union Project titled “EDGE: Education and Gender”, where 444 young people from 6 European countries participated, it has been suggested that overweight girls and boys had less friends. Teenagers between 13 – 16 from Austria, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, and Turkey identified  fat figures as “lazy and “loner”, while the thin ones were identified as,  “popular”, “successful” and “happy” in their answers.