ODTÜ Day Award Ceremony

Dear ODTÜ Members,

The 60^th Anniversary of the founding of our University will be celebrated at the ODTÜ DAY ceremony to be held on Friday, 27 May 2016.

During the first part of the ODTÜ DAY ceremony, which will start at 10:30, the ODTÜ Outstanding Achievement and ODTÜ Appreciation Awards determined with the decision of our University’s Senate will be presented. It is required that our academic personnel attend this part of the ceremony in their academic gowns.

During the second part of the ceremony, which will start at 14:30, along with the Turan Baskan Awards, plaques of service will be presented to our academic and administrative personnel who have retired after serving our university for 20 years or more, and certificates of service will be presented to our members who have completed their 20^th, 25^th, 30^th, 35^th and 40^th year of service.

All our academic and administrative members of staff, their families, our students and alumni are invited to the ODTÜ DAY ceremony.

The Ceremony Program

PART I (10:00– 12:00)

CCC Entrance – West Platform

INAUGURATION OF THE HEZARFEN STATUE

(Sculptor Mehmet Aksoy) (10:00 – 10:30)

CCC (10:30 – 12:00)

- A Moment of Silence and the National Anthem

- Ahmet Kanneci and the Conservatory Guitar Recital

- Visual Presentation

- President Prof. Ahmet Acar’s Speech

- Senate Outstanding Achievement and Senate Appreciation Award Presentations

Outstanding Achievement Award : Prof. Korkut Boratav

                                                      Prof. Ayhan Ulubelen

Appreciation Award :                   Mehmet Ali Acartürk

                                                    Prof. Sevda Bekman

                                                    Ayşegül İldeniz

PART II (14:30 – 16:00)

Venue: CCC-Kemal Kurdaş Hall

- A Moment of Silence and the National Anthem

- Visual Presentation

- President Prof. Ahmet Acar’s Speech

- Award Presentations

Turan Baskan Outstanding Achievement Award : Serap Karabayer           

Turan Baskan Exemplary Performance Award :   Alper Atasever

                                                                           Sündüs Aydın

                                                                           Bayram Bozkurt

                                                                           Muteber Gökırmak

                                                                           Şükrüye Gündüz

                                                                          Yasemin Koçak

                                                                          Mustafa Öztürk

Turan Baskan Encouragement Award :             Berkan Başoğlu

                                                                         Yılmaz Çalışkan

                                                                         Hayrullah Sarıkaya

                                                                         Özgür Sayın

                                                                         Gülercan Tek

Plaques and Certificates of Service