As part of its commitment to international academic cooperation and cultural exchange, our university hosted a significant event. The conference titled “Turkish-Hungarian Relations and the Hun-Turkic Council” was organized by the Department of History at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

As part of the event, András Zsolt Bíró, President of the Hungarian-Turkic Turan Foundation, visited our university, met with students, and shared valuable insights on Turkish-Hungarian relations. He was welcomed by our Rector, Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı, and later participated as a speaker in the conference.

The program, held in the Conference Hall of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, was attended by Deputy Governor Akgün Corav, our Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kurban, academic staff, and students. The opening speech was delivered by Prof. Dr. Taner Bilgin, Head of the History Department.

The conference addressed the cultural, diplomatic, and academic ties between the Turkish and Hungarian peoples, whose historical connections date back centuries. Bíró offered participants a unique perspective, particularly through his reflections on the impact of the Hun-Turkic historical legacy on present-day relations.

At the end of the program, a gift was presented to András Zsolt Bíró by Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kurban in appreciation of his contributions.

The 3^rd Science and Culture Festival, organized by our university, began on Wednesday, May 7 with an enthusiastic opening. The first day of the event was full of engaging activities and drew significant participation from academic and administrative staff, students, and local residents alike.

The festival commenced with a moment of silence and the National Anthem, followed by the screening of the university’s promotional film. The program included a harp performance by artist Zeynep Öykü and a stage performance by our university’s Folk Dance Community, both of which delighted the audience. The Dagestan and Caucasus dance performances, presented in collaboration with the International Student Community and TÖMER, received great applause. Another performance that attracted strong interest was the demonstration by the Bacıbey Girls' Sword and Shield Team.

In his opening speech, our Rector, Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı, emphasized that science and culture are fundamental pillars of universities, stating: “We strive to instil an approach in our university that blends scientific production with our cultural heritage. This festival is a concrete expression of that vision.” Referring to Şeyh Edebali’s saying, “Those who do not know their past cannot build their future,” our Rector affirmed their continued support for the academic and social development of young people.

Following the opening speech by Bilecik Governor Mr. Şefik Aygöl, plaques were presented to the sponsoring companies. The festival continued with booths and various activities set up across the event area.

On the second and final day of the festival, May 8, participants can look forward to academic presentations, stage performances, concerts, scientific activities, and many more surprises.

The final meeting of the Organizing Committee for the 3^rd Science and Culture Festival, which will take place on our university campus on May 7–8, was held in the Rectorate Senate Hall with the broad participation of our Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Murat Yurdakul, Prof. Dr. Nazile Ural, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kurban, our Secretary General Muhammet Büyük, and committee members. The necessary control and coordination were provided for the organization, which will include many activities such as academic presentations, student projects, exhibitions, workshops, concerts, various social activities and local products of Bilecik, and plans were made to complete the two-day festival with enthusiasm and safety.

The new issue of the Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal, which published its first issue in 2023 and has been indexed in TRDİZİN since 2024 with three issues per year, continues to contribute to the literature with current scientific publications.

The journal, with Prof. Dr. H. Tezcan Uysal as Editor-in-Chief and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aslı Akdeniz Kudubeş as Editor, publishes original and scientific articles in Turkish and English across a wide range of fields, including health management, nursing, social work, midwifery, child development, ergotherapy, orthotics and prosthetics, speech and language therapy, audiology, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, nutrition and dietetics.

The articles featured in Volume 3, Issue 2 (2025) include:

• "Determination of Nurses’ Self-Efficacy in Pain Management: A University Hospital Case"
  Gülden Basit, Kübra Nur Köse Alabay, Asude Güney
• "Evaluation of Motivation and Mental State of Permanent Workers in a University Hospital"
  Mine Tepetaş, Alaettin Ünsal, Ali Kılınç, Mürüvvet Deveci
• "Improving Health Literacy and Rational Drug Use Levels of Thermal Tourism Employees"
  Necati Bükecik, Filiz Adana
• "Examining Parents’ Digital Parenting Awareness and Internet Addiction Levels"
  Sevinç Akkoyun, Fatma Taş Arslan
• "Determining the Relationship Between Oral Hygiene Awareness and Smile Self-Assessment"
  Yasemin Beliz Önder, Gülbahar Erdinç, Funda Çatan İnan, Evre Baltalı, Sibel Yıldırım
• "Knowledge Levels of Women of Reproductive Age About HPV"

Ayşe Aydın, Meltem Bal

• "Sustainable Dietary Patterns and Alternative Food Sources"

Semra Aksoy

This issue (Vol. 3, Issue 2) includes scientific studies by researchers from many universities such as Marmara University, Necmettin Erbakan University, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Adnan Menderes University, Bolu İzzet Baysal University, and Selçuk University.

Click here to access the latest issue (Vol. 3, Issue 2).

You can reach the journal via: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/bseusbfd

In order to strengthen institutional communication processes and enhance coordination among units within our university, a "Coordination Board Meeting" was held under the chairmanship of our Rector, Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı.

Communication representatives from our university's academic units and staff from the Office of Corporate Communication attended the meeting which took place on Friday, May 2, in the Conference Hall of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. In his opening speech, our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı emphasized the important role communication representatives play in strengthening institutional communication and wished them success.

The meeting continued with speeches by our Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Murat Yurdakul and a presentation by our Corporate Communication Coordinator Prof. Dr. H. Tezcan Uysal. Following the presentation, which outlined the university's institutionalization efforts, the meeting concluded with a Q&A session addressing the communication representatives' questions.

The Spring Sports Tournaments and Volleyball Tournament organized under the coordination of our University's Health, Culture and Sports Department continues with the intense interest of our students.

The tournament, organized to popularize the sports culture within the university and to provide our students with the opportunity to socialize, witnessed fierce competition between teams formed by students from different faculties and departments.

Our Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Murat Yurdakul and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kurban, who followed the tournament competitions on site, came together with the athletes and wished them success.

The "Isik Ceramic Competition" with international participation, organized for the first time this year by Kase Seramik Ltd. Sti., has concluded. The exhibition consisting of the works that won awards in the competition and were deemed worthy of being exhibited, met with art lovers in Izmir on Wednesday, April 23rd.

Our University's Graduate Education Institute Ceramics and Glass Department Master's Program students achieved significant success in the competition, where 45 works were exhibited and 7 works were deemed worthy of awards out of a total of 87 participants. Our graduate student Nurgin Cetin Almalı was deemed worthy of the "Ates Arcasoy Special Award" with her work titled "Birlikte Sarılarak Uyuyalim"; and our graduate student Ayse Ustubi was deemed worthy of the "Aysel Abdullah Duran Special Award" with her work titled "Icimdeki Yuva".

Our graduate students Deniz Tutgun was deemed worthy of exhibition with her work titled "Icten Disa Kirilma: YASAM", Esra Yıldırım with her work titled "Ailede Hersey Vardir", Muhammet Fatih Coban with her work titled "Iyi Bayramlar" and our undergraduate program graduate Busra Anzerli with her work titled "Knot". We congratulate our students who have won the appreciation of the jury members with their works and brought 2 awards to our University and whose works have been exhibited, and wish them continued success.

“Disaster and Fire Awareness Training” was organized for the personnel working at our university’s central campus on Friday, April 25, in cooperation with Bilecik Provincial Disaster and Emergency Management Office and our University’s Occupational Health and Safety Coordination Office.

The training provided theoretical and practical information in order to develop disaster awareness and learn the correct intervention methods in possible fire situations. In the first theoretical training, disaster types such as earthquake, fire, flood and landslide, precautions to be taken and what to do in times of crisis were explained in detail.

Following the training, a controlled fire scenario was implemented in an open area and fire extinguishing techniques were demonstrated to our personnel in practice. Participants had the opportunity to directly experience intervention skills, especially using a fire extinguisher.

With this comprehensive training, it was aimed for our university personnel to be prepared for emergencies such as disasters and fires and to know the correct intervention methods.

THE, one of the organizations that rank the performance of higher education institutions on an international scale in 18 different categories under the main headings of Research Quality, Research Environment, Teaching, Industry and International Visibility, announced the Asia University Rankings (THE Asia Rankings). Our university took the 601st place in the 2025 general ranking of the Asia University Rankings conducted by THE.

In the THE Asia ranking, 853 universities from 35 countries were included in the rankings among Asian countries, and 91 universities from Türkiye were included. Our university managed to increase its ranking from 646 to 612 in the Industry category in the Asian University General Ranking and from 420 to 403 in International Visibility. In Türkiye, it was ranked 43rd in the Industry category and 35th in the Türkiye General Ranking.

You can access the results of the 2025 THE Asian Universities Rankings here, and the profile of our University in the rankings here.

Our University Osmaneli Vocational School Cooking Program continues to bring together successful names in their fields with students. In this context, famous chef and MasterChef contestant Görkem Ünal was the guest of our Osmaneli Vocational School.

Gorkem Unal had a pleasant conversation with our students at the event held on Tuesday, April 22. Sharing his experiences on many subjects, from the process of starting a career to the elements to be considered in the kitchen, Ünal made inspiring statements to the students.

Following the talk, a practical kitchen workshop was held with the students of the Cooking Program. Our students gained experience with Ünal's pizza and tiramisu presentation and had the opportunity to develop their sectoral knowledge and skills.

Our Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Nazile Ural, our Secretary General Muhammet Buyuk and many of our students attended the event.

The Spring Sports Competitions, traditionally held every year at our university, started this year with a football astroturf tournament. The tournament, organized under the coordination of the Health, Culture and Sports Department, was met with great interest from both our students and staff.

In the tournament, where the opening kick was made by our Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Murat Yurdakul and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kurban, 12 staff teams and 18 student teams took to the field.

The football matches organised as part of the Spring Sports Competitions aim to add liveliness to the campus and increase interaction between staff and students.

The football tournament will continue with group and final matches to be played in the coming weeks.

The Chess Tournament, organized within the scope of the Spring Sports Competitions, continues to be held under the coordination of our University's Health, Culture and Sports Department. While our students showed great interest in the tournament, the matches, where strategic thinking and patience came to the fore, were the scene of colorful moments.

Our Rector Prof. Dr. Kaplancikli visited the tournament area and met with the students. Our Rector chatted with the students participating in the tournament, congratulated them for their efforts and wished them success. Drawing attention to the fact that sports are important not only for physical but also mental development, Prof. Dr. Kaplancikli emphasized that our University continues to support the academic and social development of students in many ways.

April 23rd National Sovereignty and Children's Day was celebrated with a colorful and enthusiastic program held at the Station Indoor Sports Hall. Bilecik Governor Sefik Aygol, Gendarmerie Training Commander Major General Uğur Ertekin, Bilecik Mayor Melek Mızrak Subasi, Bilecik Chief Public Prosecutor Burak Olgun, our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı, provincial protocol members, academicians, students and many citizens attended the program. The ceremony began with a moment of silence and the National Anthem, during which students recited poems emphasizing the meaning and importance of April 23rd. Following the oratorio show, students provided unforgettable moments to the audience with folk dance and other dance performances. The program ended with the presentation of awards to students who won in the April 23rd themed competitions.

The “From Child Development to Education” project, carried out by the Child Development Department of the Faculty of Health Sciences of our university, was successfully carried out for the second time this year. Within the scope of the project, educational materials prepared by the students were brought together with kindergarten students in village schools, and a meaningful social responsibility activity was implemented.
The studies prepared within the framework of the “Material Development” course conducted by Prof. Dr. Raif Zileli, a faculty member of the Child Development Department, and the “Art and Creativity” course conducted by Dr. Perihan Civelek, allowed students to both reinforce their professional skills and contribute to the development processes of children in disadvantaged regions.
The materials designed for the cognitive, sensory and psychomotor development areas of children between the ages of 3 and 5 were first introduced at the exhibition held at Prof. Dr. Azmi Özcan Library. The exhibition turned into a colorful and interactive learning environment with the participation of more than 100 kindergarten students.
The exhibited materials were later presented to kindergarten classes at Bayırköy Primary School, Vezirhan Primary School and Mehmet Akif Ersoy Primary School. Our students had the opportunity to experience the theoretical knowledge they acquired at university in the field and experienced the happiness of directly contributing to child development.
While educational and enjoyable moments were experienced for both university students and kindergarten children during the project process, the importance of such practices in terms of sustainability and social awareness in education was underlined once again.

Our university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Design (GSTF) hosted the "23rd April National Sovereignty and Children's Day GSTF Painting Department and Ceramics and Glass Department Academic Staff Exhibition". The exhibition, consisting of the works of the Painting, Ceramics and Glass Department academic staff working within the faculty, started on Monday, April 21st at the Fine Arts and Design Faculty Exhibition Hall.
Our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancıklı, our Vice Rector and also Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design Prof. Dr. Murat Yurdakul, our Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kurban, our academicians and students attended the exhibition opening.
The works of artist academics Askin Ercan, Elif Agatekin, Elif Gündüz, Emre Can, Fatma Ciftci, Gonul Esenturk, Irfan Donmez, Kadir Sevim, Leyla Kubat, Mine Poyraz and Ozan Bebek met art lovers. The works in the exhibition attracted great attention from the participants with their aesthetic diversity and technical richness.

Industry and Technology Provincial Director Hamdi Igdeci and Bursa Eskisehir Bilecik Development Agency (BEBKA) Bilecik Provincial Coordinator Banucicek Özalp visited our Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Asım Kaplancikli in his office.
During the visit, ideas were exchanged on possible collaborations between our university and industry and development-oriented institutions in the province, development agency support programs and projects for university-industry integration.
Our Rector Prof. Dr. Kaplancikli stated that our university is ready to contribute to the development goals of the province with its knowledge and research infrastructure and thanked Igdeci and Özalp for their visit.