MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
ACTIVITIES FROM 2012 TO 2007
ACTIVITIES IN 2012
21, 27 December 2012
Seminars were organized for the students and staff on 2013-2014
Erasmus student and staff exchange program.
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14 December 2012
The Head of International Office Assoc.Prof.Dr. Muharrem Keskin
participated in a workshop titled "Higher Education in France" organized by
Campus France in Ankara, Turkey.
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10 December 2012
The Head of International Office Assoc.Prof.Dr. Muharrem Keskin and
the Vice Rector Prof.Dr. M.Fatih Can participated in a workship titled
"Problems in Internationalization in Turkey" organized by Istanbul
University in Istanbul, Turkey.
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14-15 November 2012
An orientation program was organized for the outgoing students of
2012-2013 Spring semester Erasmus Study program.
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13 November 2012
A seminar was organized for students and academic staff on 2013-2014
Fulbright scholarships. The seminar was delivered by Ms.Mevlüde Bakır
from the Ankara Fulbright Commission Office.
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10-11November 2012
Written and spoken foreign language exam was organized for the
Erasmus Study program candidate students.
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9 November 2012
The Head of International Office Assoc.Prof.Dr. Muharrem Keskin,
the Bologna Coordinator Prof.Dr. Yurtsever Soysal and International
Officestaff Murat Oz participated in "Online Bologna Data Collection
system" training program organized byTurkish Higher Educational
Council (YÖK) in Ankara, Turkey.
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30 October, 2 November 2012
A seminar was organized for students on 2012-2013 Erasmus
study program.
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29-31 October 2012
Dr. Margaret Perivoliotis and Dr.BarbaraToumazatou from the
Technical Education Institute of Athens (Greece) visited
the Department of Drawing in the frame of Erasmus Program.
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23-26 September 2012
Dr. Jurgita Mikolaityte from the Siauliai University (Lithuania) visited
Public Management department in the frame of Erasmus Program.
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17-20 October 2012
The Rector Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder, the Head of International Office
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Muharrem Keskin, and the Bologna Coordinator
Prof.Dr. Yurtsever Soysal participated in "International Symposium on
Higher Education" organized by Aksaray university in Aksaray, Turkey.
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14 October 2012
An excursion to Gaziantep was organized for the Mustafa Kemal University
Erasmus incoming students.
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12-13 October 2012
The Head of International Office Dr. Muharrem Keskin, the Bologna
Coordinator Prof.Dr. Yurtsever Soysal and Erasmus Institutional
Coordinator Lect. Omer Faruk Kadan participated in 2012 Erasmus
National Conference organized by Turkish National Agency in
Balikesir, Turkey.
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11 October 2012
The US Ankara Embassy Cultural Affairs English Office Director
George Chinnery visited Mustafa Kemal University and the Vice
Rector Prof.Dr.Hüseyin Gözübenli to discuss future cooperation
in the area of English Language Fellow (ELF) program.
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8 October 2012
The US Ankara Embassy Cultural Affairs Vice Attache Stefanie Altman
Winans visited Mustafa Kemal University and the Rector Prof.Dr. Hüsnü
Salih Güder to discuss future cooperations in the area of cultural affairs.
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1 October 2012
Turkey - Egypt Fishery Cooperetion Workshop was organized. Egypt
Science and Technology Academy Vice President Prof.Dr. Amr Z.Hamouda
and faculty members Prof.Dr.M.A.Essa, Prof.Dr.A.M.A.Samee Goda, and
Prof.Dr.A.El-Dahhar participated in the workshop from Egypt.
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27 September 2012
A seminar was organized to inform the academic staff that will be sent
abroad in the frame of Erasmus Staff Exchange program in 2012-2013
academic year.
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10-14 September 2012
Dr. AndrzejLyda from the University of Silesia (Poland) visited
English Language Training department in the frame of Erasmus Program.
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September 2012
The Rector of Mustafa Kemal University Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder
participated in a concert given by Antakya Civilizations Choir in Holland
in the frame of an invitation from the Turkish Embassy in Holland.
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September 2012
Mr. Benjamin Pellegrom from the US will be at Mustafa Kemal University
in the frame of English Language Fellow (ELF) program as a visiting lecturer
to teachcourses in the department of English Language Teacher Training
department in 2011-2012 academic term.
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18 July 2012
The Head of International Office Dr. Muharrem Keskin and the Bologna
Coordinator Prof.Dr. Yurtsever Soysal participated in 2012/2013
ECTS/DS Application Evaluation meeting organized by the Turkish
National Agency in Ankara.
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4 July 2012
Prof. Dr. Hyeon-Dong Shin from Korea University and his wife
Choi Shin visited the Faculty of Agriculture and the Rector
Prof. Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder.
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18 June 2012
A seminar was organized for the academic staff of two-year
vocational schools on Bologna process.
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14-18 May 2012
Prof. Dr. Keshra Sangwal from the Lublin Technology University (Poland)
visited Physics department in the frame of Erasmus Program.
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27-31 May 2012
Dr. Maria Karapencheva, Dr. Dimitrinka Tsonkova, and Dr. Rositsa Dimkova
from the Veliko Turnovo University (Bulgaria) visited Physical Education and
Sports School in the frame of Erasmus Program.
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28-31 May 2012
Dr. Krzysztof Chmara and Dr. Marek Szczutkowski from the Bydgoszcz
Technology University (Poland) visited Faculty of Engineering in the frame
of Erasmus Program.
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24-28 April 2012
Prof. Dr. Domenico De Vincenzo from the Cassino University (Italy) visited
the Tourism and Hotel Management School and Department of Business
Administration in the frame of Erasmus Program.
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16-18 April 2012
The Rector of Mustafa Kemal University Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder
along with two faculty members, Dr. İsmail Hakkı Karahan and Dr. Osman
Şahin participated in the Fifth Saudi Science Conference titled as "A New
Vision of the Role of Basic Sciences in Development" in Saudi Arabia.
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16-26 April 2012
Dr. Danguole Baltrunaite from the Vilnius University (Lithuania) visited
the Tourism and Hotel Management Vocational School in the frame of
Erasmus Program.
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17-26 April 2012
Dr. Malgorzata Michalcewicz Kaniowska and Dr. Malgorzata Zajdel from
the Bydgoszcz Technology University (Poland) visited the Faculty of
Educationand the Tourism and Hotel Management School.
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18-22 April 2012
The Head of International Office Dr. Muharrem Keskin and the Erasmus
Institutional Coordinator Mr. Omer Faruk Kadan participated in the
ERACON 2012 Erasmus conference in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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March 2012
The Rector of Mustafa Kemal University Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder
along with two faculty members, Dr. Ali Koç and Dr. Ercüment Sarıhan
visited the School of Berlin BWK BildungsWerk in Kreuzberk, Turkish
Embassy, and Münich International Fair in Germany.
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24-25 March 2012
An orientation program was organized for the outgoing students of
2012-2013 Erasmus Study program.
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17 March 2012
A city tour to Mersin was organized for Erasmus incoming students.
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6-9 March 2012
Dr. Donatas Dervinis and Dr. Adas Toleikis from Siauliai University
(Lithuania) visited the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Engineering
in the frame of Erasmus Teaching Staff mobility.
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8 March 2012
About 30 students and one academic staff (Mr.Kadir Sancı) from Germany's
Potsdam University visited Mustafa Kemal University.
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7 March 2012
About 20 students and two academic staff, the Deans Prof. Dr. Rainer Shillig
And Prof. Dr. Eckehard Kalhöfer, from Germany's Aalen University visited
Mustafa Kemal University.
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3 March 2012
An orientation program was organized for the outgoing students of
2011-2012 Erasmus Student Placement program
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25 February 2012
Spoken Foreign Language exam was organized for the students who
applied for the Erasmus Study and Placement programs. 150 students
took the exam.
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22-26 February 2012
The Rector of Mustafa Kemal University Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder
and four faculty members Dr. Ayse Bahar Yilmaz, Dr. Erdal Yilmaz,
Dr. Abdullah Öksüz, and Dr. Cemil Kaya Gökçek visited National
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Egypt to develop international
cooperation.
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18 February 2012
Written Foreign Language exam was organized for the students who applied
for the Erasmus Study and Placement programs. 350 students took the exam.
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13 February 2012
A seminar was organized for students and staff on 2011-2012 Fulbright
scholarships. The presentation was delivered by Ms.Mevlüde Bakır from
the Ankara Fulbright Office.
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18 January 2012
A cooperation agreement was signed between Mustafa Kemal University
and Taipei Cultural and Economic Mission of Turkey in Ankara to cover
student exchange, academic staff exchange, and research with universities
in Taiwan.
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13 January 2012
A meeting was organized to discuss the future planning on the application
of Bologna Process at Mustafa Kemal University by the Bologna Commission
(BEK) of the Mustafa Kemal University.
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12-13 January 2012
A training seminar was organized for the academic staff on “Project
Preparation for EU Programs” by the presentation of Exp. Meri İzrail
Kohen from the Eastern Mediterranean Development Agency (DOĞAKA).
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9-13 January 2012
Dr.Karina Henneberg, Dr.Per Holst-Hansen, and Lect.Anne Brogard from
the University College South Jutland (Denmark) visited theFaculty of
Education under the Erasmus Teaching Staff mobility.
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ACTIVITIES IN 2011
06 December 2011
A cooperation agreement was signed between Mustafa Kemal University
and the National Science Academy Archeology and Ethnography
Institute (Azerbaijan).
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16-22-28 December 2011
A seminar was organized for students and staff on 2012-2013 Erasmus
study, placement, and staff exchange programs.
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21-25 November 2011
The Rector Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder and three faculty members Dr.Ahmet
Nacar, Dr. Abdullah Öksüz and Dr.Erdal Yilmaz visited three Taiwanese
universities, Taipei Medical University, National Pingtung University of
Science& Technology, and National Taipei University of Technology.
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21-30 November 2011
Two faculty members Tommy Josefsson and Annica Trank along with
Four students from Njudungs College (Vetlanda, Sweden) visited
Mustafa Kemal University Antakya Vocational School.
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18 November 2011
An orientation was organized to inform the academic staff that will be
sent abroad in the frame of Erasmus Staff Exchange program in the
2011-2012 academic year.
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14-18 November 2011
Mr. Adrian Thorlwald, a PhD student from the History Department of
the Australia's Flinders University visited Mustafa Kemal University
History department.
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1-3 November 2011
Prof.Dr. Mohamed A. Essa, Prof.Dr. Amr Z. Hamouda, and Prof.Dr.
Ashraf M. Abdel-Samii from the National Institute of Oceanography and
Fisheries (Egypt) visited Mustafa Kemal University toestablish
cooperation on research and staff exchange. The delegation wasalso
received by the Rector Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder.
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16 October 2011
An orientation program was organized for outgoing Erasmus students
for 2011-2012 Spring semester.
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13-14 October 2011
Four staff members from the Foreign Relations Office, General Coordinator
Dr.Muharrem Keskin, Erasmus Coordinator Ömer Faruk Kadan, Staff
MemberErhan Duman, and Seda Dolapçıoğlu participated in the 2011
Erasmus AnnualConference taken place in Diyarbakir, Turkiye.
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10-14 October 2011
Dr. Oksana Mejere from Siauliai University (Lithuania) visited Mustafa
Kemal University Public Administration department underthe Erasmus
Teaching Staff mobility.
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11 October 2011
Turkish Businessmen Confederation (TUSKON) US Think Tank working
groupmembers Ted Piccone, Richard Weitz, Faiz Shakir, and Hakan Taşçı
visitedMustafa Kemal University and the Rector Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder.
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11 October 2011
Dr. Madalina Georgiana Albu from Romania National Skin and Textile
ResearchInstitute and Dr. Zina Vulugafrom the Romania National
Petrochemical ResearchCenter visited the Faculty of Agriculture and
the Rector Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güderin the frame of a research project.
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6-7 October 2011
The head of International Office Dr. Muharrem Keskin participated in the
conferencetitled "Learning Mobility in Higher Education: Trends, Approaches
and Challenges"in Prague, Czech Republic.
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3 October 2011
Vice Rector Prof.Dr. Paul E. Mugambi from Nkumba University (Uganda)
visited Mustafa Kemal University and the Rector Prof.Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder.
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12-21 September 2011
The Rector of Mustafa Kemal University Prof. Dr. Hüsnü Salih Güder along
with Rectors of nine other Turkish Universities visited American Universities
in 11-21 September. The visit was organized by the US Embassy in Ankara
and the US Department of State.
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14 September 2011
Erasmus Department Coordinator Berin Uyar with about 20 students from
Germany's Duisburg-Essen University Turkistic Department visited Mustafa
Kemal University.
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13 September 2011
Ms. Margot Rose Volem from the USA will be at Mustafa Kemal University
in the frame of English Language Fellow (ELF) program as a visiting lecturer
to teachcourses in the department of English Language Teacher Training
department in 2011-2012 academic term.
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8-9 September 2011
Representative of Taiwan Economic and Cultural Mission Dr. James C. H.
Chen andhis wife Maria Y. L. Peng visited Mustafa Kemal University.
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14-15 August 2011
Erasmus Coordinator of the Fine Arts Faculty of Zaragoza University (Spain)
Dr.JuanBernardo Pineda and Jorge Fornieles Alvarez visited our University.
It was decided to sign an agreement for Erasmus cooperation between
ZaragozaUniversity and Mustafa Kemal University.
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22 July 2011
Palestinian delegation headed by Nablus city Vice Governor Anan Atteereh
and An-Najah University Public Relations Director Ayman Annimer visited
Mustafa Kemal University. The Delegation visited the Rector Prof.Dr.Hüsnü
Salih Güder and discussed cooperation on education, health, and industry.
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29 June 2011
A meeting was organized to deliver information on Bologna Process to the
Faculty and School administrators by General Coordinator Dr. Muharrem
Keskin. The meeting was directed by the Rector Prof.Dr.Hüsnü Salih Güder.
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17 June 2011
Erasmus Institutional Coordinator Lect.Ömer Faruk Kadan participated in
a meeting titled "2011-2012 Erasmus Project Management" organized by
Turkish National Agency in Ankara.
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26-30 May 2011
Dr. Ryszard Zamorski from the University of Technology and Life Sciences
in Bydgoszcz (Poland) visited the Faculty of Agriculture in the frame of
Erasmus Teaching Staff Mobility program.
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10 May 2011
A seminar titled “Short Literature Reading” was organized in cooperation
with Istanbul Goethe Institute. The speakers were writers Niki Marangou
(Sothern Cyprus) and Aslı Erdogan (Türkiye).
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7 & 14 May 2011
An orientation program was organized for the 2011-2012 Erasmus Student
Study program outgoing students in two groups on 7 May 2011 and
14 May 2011.
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27-30 April 2011
The Head of International Office Dr. Muharrem Keskin and the Erasmus
Institutional Coordinator Lect. Ömer Faruk Kadan participated in the
ERACON 2011 Erasmus Conference in Athens, Greece.
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18-22 April 2011
Dr. Elena Kancheva and Dr. Stefaniya Ivanova Belomazheva from the
Veliko Tornovo University (Bulgaria) visited the School of Physical
Education and Sports in the frame of Erasmus Teaching Staff Mobility
program.
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26 March 2011
An orientation program was organized for the 2010-2011 Erasmus Student
Placement program outgoing students.
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25 March 2011
A seminar titled “Art in Public Places” was organized. The speakers