As part of the “Future Meetings” event hosted by Malatya Turgut Özal University (MTÜ), certificates of achievement were presented to the groups and their representatives, as well as to the students whose projects were selected for funding under the TÜBİTAK 2209-A University Student Research Projects Support Program and the ÜNİDES Student Communities Collaboration and Support Program.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security Ahmet Aydın, MTÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Recep Bentli, academic and administrative staff, and a large number of students. Also present were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Doğan, academic advisor to the Interior Architecture Community from the Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture, Music Community academic advisor Lecturer Harun Barış, Painting Community and Ecology and Art Community academic advisor Dr. Lecturer Selcan Kalın, and Plastic Arts Student Community academic advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Döndü Tülay Özkul. At the event, certificates of support were awarded to students who stood out for their scientific and artistic productions, honoring their projects.

Our Student Communities and Projects That Received Certificates of Achievement:

Visual Communication Community – Büşra Toptaş, “From Image to Future” Project

Painting Club (3rd Term) – Sıla Temiz, “Exhibition of Clothing, Denim, Accessories, Thread, and Home Textile Products Transformed into Works of Art within the Scope of Sustainability”

Painting Club (4th Term) – Ece Özdemir, “Paper Processing Project from Waste Paper Workshop Activities”

Music Club – Ebubekir Demir, “Can Anyone Hear the Music? Touching Hearts Shaken by the Earthquake with Notes”

Plastic Arts Community – Elif Boyraz, “A New Language in Contemporary Art: Biomaterials and Sustainable Art Workshop”

Ecology and Art Community – Halil İbrahim Yağız, “From Waste to Art: The Aesthetics of Textile Waste”

Interior Architecture Society – Baran Genç, “A Breath from the Past to the Future: Adobe Application Workshop”

Individual Projects Accepted into the TÜBİTAK 2209-A Program:

The projects of Interior Architecture Department students who were awarded TÜBİTAK 2209-A support under the 1st period call of 2024 are as follows:

Yusuf Yılmaz – “Evaluation of Green Campus Opportunities at Malatya Turgut Özal University”

Fatma Betül Orak – “Evaluation of Malatya Container Cities According to Accessibility Principles Following the February 6, 2023 Earthquake”

We sincerely thank all our students who contributed to this success and our valuable academic advisors who provided academic support to the projects.