Yaprak Yalçınkaya
2015 - Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Graduate
I entered this program, which was my first choice, as a full scholarship holder. I successfully passed the preparatory exam in 2011 and started my freshman year when I was only 17. I started to work as a freelance interior designer since 2012. In the third year of my undergraduate education, I decided to spend a semester at the University of Sheffield Hallam in England with the Erasmus agreement IUE is included in. After studying a semester here, I completed the 3rd grade at IUE. That summer, I performed my internship as an interior designer at an architectural firm in Sheffield and took part in large-scale hospital projects. At the same time, by continuing my freelance works, I completed many interior architecture projects in Russia, China, America and England.
Erdem Kalaycı
2012 - Software Engineering Graduate
This profession group is unlike any other profession group. Once you love it, once you have a taste of problem solving, you can always ask for more. These are my current thoughts, of course. It is a very classic story about this profession, in daily life you are often asked "this computer needs formatting, can you help?". Everything started this way for me as well. I spent all my summer holidays before university working at my cousins' computer shop. I had one goal, majoring about the computer!
Kaan Çevik
2014 - Retail Management Graduate
Tutku Konuk Altındal
2005 - International Relations And European Union Graduate
After graduating as one of the first graduates of Izmir University of Economics, Department of International Relations and EU in 2005, I completed my master's degree in European Studies at Boğaziçi University. Due to my desire to work in private sector, in 2007, I started my career at Arkas Holding's Communications Directorate. Later, I took on various roles in the 'corporate communications' departments of CMS Jant and Turcas Petrol, Turkey’s best family run companies.
Miloš Mrdaković
2018 - Computer Engineering Graduate
As a very successful junior tennis player in Serbia, I had an opportunity to take full scholarship from many international universities to continue my academic and athlete career. Most of the offers were coming from the United States of America, except one, from Izmir University of Economics. At the time I had genuine interest in Turkey and I thought I had nothing to lose if I tried something different. I am very happy about that decision. My journey at IEU started in 2014 when I enrolled in the department of Computer Engineering. With such strong infrastructure, a variety of courses, and qualified academic staff, I had all the resources I could imagine.
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Yaprak Yalçınkaya |
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Erdem Kalaycı |
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Kaan Çevik |
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Tutku Konuk Altındal |
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Miloš Mrdaković |
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Example model for earthquake-resistant building |
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Salvador Dali inspires fashion |
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Will study ‘economics’ at a 612-year-old university |
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‘Turkish Design’ became a book in Europe |
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IUE scientist receives international award |
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Their Goal is America |
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Wrote the Script, Won the Award in Zagreb |
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They brought cultural heritage into ‘fashion’ |
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‘Micro-Credentials’ Summit at IUE |
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‘Sustainable’ collection by young designers |
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Started to protect herself, became a champion |
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IUE Receives 3 Million TL ‘TUBITAK’ Funding |