Best Foundation University Award Presented to BAU

The Young Leaders Meeting and Türkiye Youth Awards, featuring Türkiye's talented young entrepreneurs, brought together numerous celebrities, business leaders, academics and brands at an event held at the Istanbul Congress Center on Sunday, 22 February. In a survey conducted with the votes of six million young people, awards were presented in many different categories, and the Best Foundation University award went to Bahçeşehir University.

Hosted by Ece Gürsel and Ahmet Can Tekin, the Türkiye Youth Awards saw 480 nominees compete fiercely in 48 categories. The winners were chosen with a record-breaking total of 6,075,971 (six million seventy-five thousand nine hundred seventy-one) votes. At the ceremony, BAU President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın received the award on behalf of Bahçeşehir University, which was named the best foundation university.