Certificate Program Organized in Cooperation with UYGAR and TBB Concludes with a Ceremony!

As part of the free training activities for municipal employees of the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye (TBB), chaired by Mayor Kadir Topbaş, a certificate ceremony was held at the end of the training on urbanism and transportation at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul.

Certificates signed by TBB President Dr. Kadir Topbaş and Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Esmer were presented to those who successfully completed the training seminars on "Public Transportation - Traffic Management" and "Urban - Transportation Planning," organized between 28 June and 9 July in cooperation with TBB and the Bahçeşehir University Transportation Application and Research Center (UYGAR), chaired by Prof. Dr. Mustafa ILICALI, Transportation Advisor to the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. More than 50 municipal employees from various metropolitan and provincial municipalities of our country (such as Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Konya, Kocaeli, Kahramanmaraş, Diyarbakır, Manisa, Mersin, Denizli, Yozgat and Ordu) attended the training programs.

The ceremony held at Bahçeşehir University was attended by TBB Secretary General Hayrettin GÜNGÖR, Bahçeşehir University Acting President Yıldırım ÜÇTUĞ, Beşiktaş District Governor Ömer KARAMAN, UYGAR Chair Prof. Dr. Mustafa ILICALI, TBB Training Director Veli BÖKE, TBB Advisor Prof. Dr. Adem ESEN, TBB Director of Zoning and Urban Planning Ayşe ÜNAL, İSPARK General Manager Kadir GURBETÇİ, E-Kent General Manager Vahit ÖZKAN, the lecturers who took part in the training and the municipal employees who earned certificates.

As part of the training, participants took 10 different courses in each of the two programs.

The "Public Transportation - Traffic Management" training included the courses "Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Traffic Simulation," "Signalized Intersection Capacity Analysis and Use of HCS Software," "Public Transportation Systems and Selection Criteria, Highway Pavement Management," "Traffic Management and Control," "Smart Card Applications in Public Transportation," "Project Management in Engineering," "Transportation Economics" and "Parking Planning and Management in Urban Transportation and Traffic Safety on Urban Roads: Guardrail Design and Crash Simulations."

The "Urban - Transportation Planning" training included the courses "Mathematical Models and Simulation Techniques in Planning - Spatial Analysis with the Inductive Method," "Management of Open Spaces and Park Transformation Projects," "Cities and Urbanization, Metropolitan Administrations," "Public Space and Accessibility," "Environmental Impacts of Transportation," "Disaster and Emergency Management," "Transportation Planning and Project Management in Transportation Investments," "Urban Landscape Design" and "Evaluation of Transportation Investments."

In addition, technical trips were organized as part of the programs to the Marmaray Üsküdar construction site, the Kartal Metro construction site, the Hacıosman and Darüşşafaka Metro construction sites, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Traffic Control Center and the Topkapı Traffic Education Park.

At the ceremony, certificates were presented by TBB Secretary General Hayrettin GÜNGÖR to the participants who ranked in the top three in each of the two training programs. These participants were:

In Urban and Transportation Planning:

1. Cüneyt ÖZÇELİK (Pendik Municipality)

2. Mert YAYGEL (İzmir Metropolitan Municipality)

3. Mehmet DEMİRAL (Batman Municipality)
 

In Public Transportation and Traffic Management:

1. Hilal DAMAR (Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality)

2. İdris ÖZTÜRK (Yozgat Municipality)

3. M. Behiç BALCI (Ankara Metropolitan Municipality)

Speeches at the certificate ceremony emphasized the importance of such training, and it was stated that relations between TBB and universities would continue to grow.

At the end of the ceremony, Bahçeşehir University Acting President Prof. Dr. Yıldırım ÜÇTUĞ presented a plaque and certificate of appreciation, addressed to TBB President Dr. Kadir TOPBAŞ for the activities of the TBB Municipal Academy, which enables municipal employees to increase their knowledge and follow developing technologies, to TBB Secretary General Hayrettin GÜNGÖR.