ErasmusDays Event Held Hosted by BAU

ErasmusDays was organized in collaboration with the Istanbul Governorship and CORBIZ, hosted by Bahçeşehir University.

At the start of the program, Evren Değerlier, Manager of the BAU Hub Incubation Center, highlighted the importance Bahçeşehir University attaches to entrepreneurship and gave participants valuable information about BAU Hub programs.

At the event, whose opening speech was delivered by Bahçeşehir University Vice President Prof. Dr. Tunç Bozbura, Bozbura stated that European Union and Erasmus projects would shape participants' personal development and careers, and explained the networking opportunities gained through European Union projects and the importance of projects developed together with people from different cultures. Prof. Dr. Tunç Bozbura said: "In the past, when we made career plans, the road map ahead was clear, but now it is very gray. The world is changing so fast that every initiative whose foundations you lay today will put you one step ahead. Gaining sustainability and environmental awareness for the future starting now will make you an individual who is always growing, innovative and conscious in life."

"Giving such a conference in the hall where I attended classes 15 years ago moved me."

Enes Övünç, founder of CORBIZ, said at the Fazıl Say Conference Hall at Bahçeşehir University, "Giving such a conference in the hall where I attended classes 15 years ago moved me," and expressed his excitement at meeting students again and coming together with young people after graduating from Bahçeşehir University. Stating that he loves working with young people and that Erasmus programs excite him just as they excite young people, Övünç gave participants the information they needed about CORBIZ's activities related to Erasmus programs.

Aylin Can, Institute Coordinator of the Bahçeşehir University Erasmus+ Unit, informed participants about Erasmus programs, noting that Bahçeşehir University has more than 200 Erasmus partner agreements and that BAU hosted more than 400 Erasmus students last year.

Fatma Eroğlan, Acting EU Coordinator of the European Union and Foreign Relations Office, which serves as a sub-unit of the Istanbul Governorship, gave participants valuable information in a presentation introducing the institution and describing examples of Erasmus projects. Eroğlan spoke about the importance of the Istanbul Governorship's projects and programs related to European Union relations.

"We Will Send 1 Person from This Hall to Malta."

Umay Sena Uğurtay, CORBIZ Assistant Project Specialist, began her speech by saying, "Those who leave the hall early are very unlucky, because we will send one person from this hall to Malta." Highlighting CORBIZ's work and the importance of the ErasmusDays event held together with the Istanbul Governorship and hosted by BAU, Uğurtay gave information about Erasmus Internship Programs and the European Solidarity Program. Uğurtay, who had the opportunity to do a two-month internship in Italy through Erasmus during the pandemic and shared her experience with participants, said that thanks to the Erasmus program she visited many countries in Europe, adding: "Whichever country I went to in Europe, I felt at home."

In the networking session, the final part of the event, participants had the opportunity to meet officials from the Istanbul Governorship and CORBIZ and discuss the details they were curious about regarding Erasmus programs.