As last year, our university took its place in THE 2025 World Rankings announced on 9 October 2024 by Times Higher Education (THE), one of the top institutions that rank universities worldwide according to their quality.

Our university ranked 34th among the 91 universities whose applications were accepted in the General World Ranking 1501+ and 34th among the 91 universities whose applications were accepted in the Ranking of Universities in Turkey, and rose from 36th to 34th in the national ranking compared to last year. In addition, it managed to rise from 1679th to 1562nd in the industry ranking and from 1427th to 1392nd in the international outlook.

Our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı, who made an evaluation on the subject, expressed his sincere belief that our university will rise to much higher ranks with its young, dynamic structure and increasing work momentum, and thanked all our staff who contributed to this success.

Our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı, our Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Nazile Ural and Prof. Dr. Murat Yurdakul, Faculty of Islamic Sciences Dr. Lecturer Rabia Doğru and our students attended the 2024-2025 Academic Year Opening Ceremony held by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) at Beştepe National Congress and Culture Centre. Prof. Dr. Rabia Doğru and our students attended.

At the end of the ceremony where our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and YÖK President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar made opening speeches, YÖK 2024 Outstanding Achievement Awards were presented to their owners by our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

In the 8-day programme, which is coordinated by the Department of Health, Culture and Sports of our University, the Department of Student Affairs, the Department of Library and Documentation, the Open and Distance Learning Application and Research Centre (UZEM), the Career Centre Coordinatorship, the Occupational Health and Safety Coordinatorship and the Department of Physical Education and Sports share information about the work and functioning of the academic and administrative units of our University.

During the orientation programme, students are informed about the university campus, academic processes, social and cultural opportunities, administrative services and student clubs. During the trainings, students are provided with guiding information on many subjects ranging from course registration procedures to the exam calendar, while the counselling and career planning services offered by our University are also introduced.

On 2nd October, Wednesday, our Rector Prof. Dr. Kaplancıklı was awarded certificates of achievement in 2 different categories for his contributions to universal science. Governor of Eskişehir Hüseyin Aksoy presented the certificates to our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı.

In addition, our Rector Prof. Dr. Kaplancıklı was awarded the Academic Outstanding Achievement Award by Anadolu University.

Excavations at Küllüoba Mound in the Seyitgazi District of Eskişehir Province yielded findings on the practice of building burial, which is generally identified with the Neolithic Period in Southeastern Anatolia.

Prof. Dr. Murat Türkteki, a faculty member at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, led the excavations in the west of the mound, where it was determined that the 5200-year-old buildings belonging to the Early Bronze Age were buried with a red sterile soil (kalish) after the houses and the items inside them such as hearths, ash pits and silos were completely emptied and cleaned. It was also found that even the silo made of mud, which can easily disintegrate, was left under the soil in a way to protect it from destruction.

Head of Excavation Prof. Dr. Murat Türkteki said, “We have determined that all of the buildings in this area have been buried for now, at least the back rooms. The red sterile soil found in the surrounding area has been completely filled into the structures and in this way, for those who use it on the one hand - maybe it has a different meaning, but the walls of the structures are also preserved up to a height of 2.5-3 meters. Normally in a mound we only see the foundations of the buildings, but here we see that the walls of the buildings are preserved almost up to the roof. Before this process, the doors or ventilation areas were built with stones and then the filling process was carried out. There is obviously a ceremony, a ritual during the filling process. The pieces of sacrificed animals were left inside the door and window openings. Again, one of the vessels used in that ceremony was thrown into the structure. This example in Küllüoba is the first example from this period identified in the literature so far.”

The new issue of our Faculty of Health Sciences Journal, which publishes original and scientific articles in many fields, especially Health Management, Nursing, Social Work, Midwifery, Child Development, Occupational Therapy, Orthotics and Prosthetics, Speech and Language Therapy, Audiology, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Dietetics, has been published. The articles in Volume 2, Issue 3 (2024) of our journal, which contains Turkish and English articles together:

"Investigation of the Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Affecting Factors According to Socio-Ecological Model in Kidney Transplant Recipients"

Fatma Demir Korkmaz, Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin, Eda Ayten Kankaya, Tuğçe Yeşilyaprak

"Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Escape Room Method in Nursing Education: A Descriptive Study"

Ebru Baysal, Selin Demirbag

"Online Contraception Counseling for Primiparous Women: A Randomised Controlled Trial"

Duygu Tatar, Meltem Demirgöz Bal

"Prevalence and Associated Factors of Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women in Primary Care"

Merve Sezer Yıldız, Ünal Ayrancı

"An Investigation of Using Non-Pharmacological Methods in Pain Management in Postoperative Period in Children: A Systematic Review"

Tuba Gıynaş, Ayçin Ezgi Önel, Sevgim Küçük, Seval Uğur, Figen Yardımcı

 You can access the new issue via https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/bseusbfd.

Members of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of our university, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur Polat, the executive director, and Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr. Gözde Eş Polat, a researcher within the scope of TÜBİTAK 3005 3005-Innovative Solutions in Social Sciences and Humanities Research Projects Support Programme; the project number 224K511 on ‘Investigation of the Relationship between Inflation Inertia and Financial/Macroeconomic Variables in Turkey with Machine Learning Methods’ was approved to be supported by TUBITAK.

We congratulate our professors and wish them continued success.

University Faculty of Science Faculty Members Prof. Dr. Cihan Darcan and Assist. Prof. Dr. Gülçin Çetin Kılıçaslan as a researcher within the scope of TÜBİTAK 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program, the project titled ‘Characterisation of Porins of Acinetobacter Baumannii Bacteria (OmpA, OmpW, HMP-BA) by Single-Channel Electrophysiology’ was approved to be supported by TÜBİTAK with a budget of 1.796.000,00 TL.

We congratulate our professors and wish them continued success.

A cylindrical seal dating back approximately 4 thousand years was unearthed in the excavations of Kütahya Tavşanlı Höyük, which is being carried out under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Erkan Fidan, Head of the Department of Archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of our university.

The fact that ceramic seals similar to those found in Kültepe and Acemhöyük, the great trade centres of Central Anatolia, were also found in the excavations in Tavşanlı stands out as a discovery proving the existence of other trade routes between east and west in ancient times. It also shows that the area where Tavşanlı Höyük is located was part of the economic networks in ancient times and that Western Anatolia was strategically located on trade routes.

The Kütahya Tavşanlı Höyük excavations, which are carried out in cooperation with our university and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, were selected as the archaeological discovery of the year after Göbeklitepe in Turkey last year.

We congratulate Prof. Dr. Fidan and his team and wish them success in their work.

The Teknokod Team, consisting of students of our university, made it to the finals by achieving great success with the "Anka Resurrection" project they developed in the Disaster Management category of the 2024 TEKNOFEST Technology Competition for the Benefit of Humanity. The Teknokod Team, which operates under the supervision of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Management Information Systems Faculty Member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Kuban Torun, consists of Computer Engineering and Management Information Systems department students Şuranur Derin, Osman Dikmen, Şükrü Can Yiğit, Kadir Ozan Ateş, Arzu Koçhan and Eda Turan.

With their project called "Anka Resurrection", the team has developed a system that enables fast and effective intervention in natural disasters. "Anka Resurrection" includes innovative technologies and innovative solutions that aim to speed up post-disaster rescue operations, save lives and optimise damage assessment.

TEKNOFEST final will be held in Antalya on 5-8 September 2024. In this competition, Teknokod Team will have the opportunity to introduce their innovative solutions by sharing the details of their projects with the jury and the audience. Teknokod Team, which will be in fierce competition with other teams competing in the Disaster Management category in the final, continues to work without slowing down in order to get the best results.

Forward with Innovative Solutions in Disaster Management!

TEKNOFEST, Turkey's first and only aviation, space and technology festival, will be held in Adana on 2-6 October 2024 this year. Teknokod Team will have the opportunity to introduce their projects to a wide audience at this event. TEKNOFEST, as an event that attracts the attention of young people and technology enthusiasts, offers participants the opportunity to discover various technological innovations in different fields. The Teknokod Team of our university will take part in this prestigious event with the "Anka Resurrection" project and will exhibit its talents in technology and innovation. The team will draw attention with its solutions especially in the field of disaster management. The team, which offers innovative solutions to protect human life with its projects, aims to have an important place both in TEKNOFEST and in the future with this success.

We wish success to the Teknokod Team and their advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Kuban Torun.

Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı, who has been appointed as the Rector of our university, was given the Rector's mandate by the President of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar. Rector Kaplancıklı thanked our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, our President of the Council of Higher Education Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar and all members of the Council of Higher Education for entrusting this important duty to him.

Prof. Dr. Şükrü Beydemir, who has been serving as Rector since 2020, has ended his term of office with the Presidential Decree No. 2024/144 published in the Official Gazette dated May 25, 2024.

Prof. Dr. Şükrü Beydemir, who came together with our academic and administrative staff at the farewell ceremony held at Prof. Dr. Azmi Özcan Library Dursun Fakıh Hall, said, “I would like to express that I am very honored to have worked with you. I would like to thank you very much for your devoted work during my tenure. I am happy that we have produced beautiful works on behalf of our country and nation together. If there is any success in my four-year tenure, it has been with the efforts of all our staff and students.”

At the end of his speech, Prof. Dr. Şükrü Beydemir wished that the appointment of our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı would be auspicious and said goodbye to our staff and left our University.

Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı, who was appointed as the Rector of our University with the Presidential Decree No. 2024/144 published in the Official Gazette dated May 25, 2024, started his duty.

On Monday, May 27, successor and predecessor Rectors and Senators of our University attended the handover ceremony held at the Senate Meeting Hall of our University. Prof. Dr. Şükrü Beydemir, who has been serving as Rector since 2020, congratulated our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı and wished him success.

In his speech, our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı said; “Today; I am honored to be appointed as the Rector of Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University in the lands where an empire that ruled three continents with the prayers of Ertuğrul Gazi, the advice of Şeyh Edebali, the compassion of Hayme Ana and the faith of Osman Gazi.

I would like to express my gratitude to our President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, our Higher Education Council President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar, our Higher Education Council Members and everyone who supported me, who honored me by deeming me worthy of this important duty.

In these lands where our common past and national values were born, we will work together to reach the level of contemporary civilizations shown by Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. We will act in unity of hands and hearts to carry this precious heritage to the future with education, science and technology.

Our University has a New Social Area and Traditional Games Festival was organized

The opening of our Islamic Garden built on the campus of our university was held. The Islamic Garden was prepared within the scope of the Scientific Research Project titled “Islamic Garden Art Shaped by Religious Rituals and Its Effects on Anatolian-Turkish Culture” supported by our University.

The project manager of the Islamic Garden, which is the first of its kind in Turkey, was Assoc. Prof. Dr. Parısa Göker, Head of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, and Project Researchers Assoc. Assist. Sultan Ece Altınok Çalışkan and Assoc. Assist. Adive Begül Bulut at the opening of the area; Bilecik Governor Şefik Aygöl, Rector Prof. Dr. Şükrü Beydemir, provincial protocol, academicians and students were informed about the garden.

Forgotten Games were kept alive

After the opening of the Islamic Garden, “Forgotten Games: Traditional Games Festival” was organized.

Within the scope of the project carried out by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raif Zileli, Head of the Child Development Department of the Faculty of Health Sciences, the traditional games of Bilecik region were played; Bilecik Governor Aygöl, Rector Prof. Dr. Beydemir and the provincial protocol visited all the game tracks.

Digital Youth Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Event” was held

The Digital Youth Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Event was organized by the Industry 4.0 and Cyber Security Club of our university on Thursday, May 16th at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Conference Hall. Presidential Digital Transformation Office Project Manager Dr. Ramazan Terzi and Expert Dr. Melike Palsü Kurt attended the event as speakers. Our Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Sıddıka Özkaldı Karakuş, as well as our academic and administrative staff and students attended the event.

In the event, which was held with intense participation, Dr. Kurt discussed the “Importance of Artificial Intelligence, Future Professions, Career Paths in Artificial Intelligence and Certified Thematic Education”. Dr. Terzi, on the other hand, talked about “Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Active Learning”.

Presidential Digital Transformation Office Director Dr. Terzi and Specialist Dr. Kurt visited our Rector Prof. Dr. Şükrü Beydemir in his office and received information about the work carried out by the Department of Information Technologies of our University

Nursing Week was celebrated at our university

An event was organized by the Nursing Department of the Faculty of Health Sciences of our University within the scope of Nursing Week.

On Wednesday, May 15, our Rector Prof. Dr. Şükrü Beydemir, as well as the provincial protocol and academicians attended the event held at Şeyh Edebali Culture and Congress Center.

The program started with the opening speech of Nursing Department Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Bayrak Kahraman and continued with the speeches of Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Prof. Dr. Ali İrfan Güzel and Rector Prof. Dr. Beydemir.

Our Rector Prof. Dr. Beydemir said: “Nurses have taken part in the field with many areas of expertise such as treatment, care, counseling and education for the needs of the society in the natural disasters we have experienced. Considering the fact that eighty percent of health service practitioners are nurses, it is noteworthy that nurses are the key health workers for a healthier society and a developing economy.”

Prof. Dr. Hülya Bulut, Faculty Member of Gazi University Faculty of Nursing and Vice President of Turkish Nurses Association, made a presentation on “Our Nurses are Our Future: The Economic Power of Care” emphasized the strengthening of health systems and the economic power of care in meeting increasing global health needs.

At the end of the program, the music recital of the students of the Department of Nursing and the Faculty of Medicine gave the participants a pleasant experience.