High School Student Wins Scholarship with Water Purification Project

Mustafa Hakan Çakar, a 17-year-old high school student from the Edremit district of Balıkesir who prepared a 'Water purification with ferns' project, has won a full scholarship to study at Bahçeşehir University.

Mustafa Hakan Çakar, a 12th-grade student at Edremit Uğur Schools, prepared a project to make rainwater drinkable using ferns. Having sent his individually prepared 'Water purification with ferns' project to Bahçeşehir University on the advice of his teachers, Çakar won a full scholarship to study in the university's Department of Economics (English).

Çakar, who has applied for a patent, said he expects business people to support his project.