BAU 2017-2018 Academic Year Opens

The Bahçeşehir University (BAU) 2017-2018 Academic Year opened with a magnificent ceremony held on Monday, 18 September 2017. 

Bahçeşehir University (BAU) opened the 2017-2018 Academic Year with a ceremony held at the Beşiktaş Campus. The ceremony, attended by BAU Chairman of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel, BAU President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın, Prof. Dr. Feridun Yenisey, MÜSİAD Board Member Bekir Sami Nalbantoğlu, Consul General of the Republic of Belarus in Istanbul Mironovich Vladimir, Ambassador of Congo Marcel Mulumba Tshidimba, Consul General of Panama in Istanbul Mr. Andres Gregorio Nunez, Deputy Minister of Health Ahmet Baha Öğütken, Consul General of Macedonia in Istanbul Zerrin Abaz, and the university's academic and administrative staff, began with a music performance. After the National Anthem and a moment of silence, the opening speech of the ceremony was delivered by Simge Özcan from the BAU Student Council. Then, taking the podium, BAU President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın stated that they were proud to be part of the 2017-2018 academic year, adding that this year they would celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Bahçeşehir Uğur Educational Institutions and the 20th anniversary of Bahçeşehir University.

"WE WILL LEND OUR SHOULDER IN THE SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC FIELD" 

Saying that Türkiye, which holds a distinguished and respected place in the modern world, has overcome all kinds of difficulties throughout history with unity and solidarity, Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın emphasized that our country will reach and surpass the level of contemporary civilization shown by Atatürk in democracy, law and peace. Stating that, with this belief, they will continue as before to lend their shoulder in the scientific and academic field to all positive steps taken for our nation and humanity, add new goals and never step back from this effort, Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın said: "Our vision is always guided by cognition; one of BAU's important principles, which sets its foundation in line with changing and developing world conditions and which analyzes and synthesizes the reality of globalization most accurately, is the principle of internationalization in higher education." Saying that BAU's internationalization principles now have a name as a respected academic world embracing the whole world today, Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın stated that, with students from more than a hundred countries, Bahçeşehir University (BAU) is once again the foundation university with the most international students this year. Stating that the resources of many respected universities from the USA to Japan are at the service of their students, Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın said that the number of students they will serve with more than 1,200 academic staff in the 2017-2018 academic year is 28,000, including international students.

Stating that they are progressing step by step toward their goal of becoming one of the world's top five hundred universities by 2023, Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın said: "BAU has every reason to be proud of having such an academic staff with our university's international projects. It is an honor for me to stand shoulder to shoulder with you, valued colleagues who have dedicated yourselves to raising our young people, our greatest wealth, to be worthy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's words, 'We founded the Republic; it is you who will sustain and elevate it.'"

Taking the podium to deliver his speech, BAU Chairman of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel began by announcing the good news that they are building a large complex. Stating that Türkiye will gain a great work with this large complex, which will extend 7 floors under water, Enver Yücel said he hopes that the lowest floor under the water will house a very important technology laboratory for humanity.

"THE BAU GLOBAL FLAG FLIES ALL OVER THE WORLD" 

Emphasizing that Bahçeşehir University (BAU) has entered its 20th year and that the university's youth period has now begun, Enver Yücel said: "As we enter our youth period, our energy will be even better and stronger, so we have created such an environment. Now we will say, let's run. We will do good work together with our academics and students," adding that they would make good use of their experience.

Also noting that international students bring foreign currency into the country, Enver Yücel said: "Beyond this, we tell about our culture, Istanbul and Türkiye. We pay particular attention to regions and countries in Africa, because in the medium term the future of the world is Africa."

Stating that Bahçeşehir University (BAU) graduates now carry the flag in various parts of the world and represent BAU Global in those countries, Enver Yücel said: "The BAU Global flag flies in 47 countries, and we have offices and centers in some countries. In the coming years, we will be in Africa as well." Reminding the students that they are part of such a big family, Enver Yücel said: "This family will work for humanity without compromise. It will make every effort not only for the education of students but also for society, our country and all of humanity."

Also at the ceremony, for the first time this year, the first lecture of the 2017-2018 academic year was given by Prof. Dr. Feridun Yenisey. Providing information on the general principles of law, Prof. Dr. Feridun Yenisey explained the principles of "living honorably as a human being, living with dignity without harming anyone, and giving everyone their due," emphasizing that these 3 basic principles are also the 3 main pillars of law.