Our Rector Prof. Dr. Esra Gençtürk Attends TOBB Turkey Higher Education Assembly Meeting Organized at YÖK

The Higher Education Assembly Meeting of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, TOBB, was held in Ankara on September 30, 2021 with Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar, President of YÖK, in attendance. Our Rector Prof. Dr. Esra Gençtürk also joined the meeting which took place at the Higher Education Council of Turkey (YÖK). Attendees of the meeting also included TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklığlu, YÖK Executive Board Members, TOBB Executive Board Members, Rectors, and administrators of foundation universities. The meeting addressed the current issues of foundation universities, facilitating mutual deliberations on various aspects of higher education with the administrators of foundation universities who are members of the assembly.

The meeting was opened by the YÖK President Erol Özvar. “It is now better understood that universities are an integral part of economic and social development”, remarked Özvar, and further discussed how universities can contribute to economic and social developments. YÖK President Özvar also stated that universities’ mission for economic growth and development is to make the human capital of the country and the employment capacity of young population qualified, and to show the ways, methods, and capacities for supremacy in global economic competition.

During the meeting, which was closed press, the representatives of foundation universities communicated their opinion and wishes to YÖK President Özvar, and offered their evaluations about the higher education system.