Colors of Happiness In the process we set out as the Ethical Research Society with the motto of “Academic Future with an Ethical Awareness”, we, as TETA Group, have realized our "Colors of Happiness" stationery packages project under the supply sponsorship of Shell Türkiye (Shell Turkey), and logistics sponsorships of KMS Endustriel Kitchen Machinery and ŞEN Kauçuk Plastik Bakalit San. Tic. Ltd. Şti. (ŞEN Rubber Plastic Bakelite Industry and Trade Limited Company) so that our 200 brothers and sisters living in the Şeyh Zayed Çocuk Esirgeme Kurumu (Sheikh Zayed Child Protection Institution) can continue their academic lives in a healthier way. We wish our brothers and sisters success in their education life and thank our school and sponsors for their support

Let’s Give a Hand Istanbul Ticaret University Awareness Society held the “Let’s Give a Hand” event on December 6th, 2021. In this context, members of the Awareness Society visited the relevant association and helped with the cooking, packing and distribution of the meals for homeless people, and with the preparations for the next day. The works, which started at 4.00 pm ended around 11.00 pm.

One Step To the Future As Istanbul Ticaret University Young Thought Society, we visited our University on December 13th, 2021 after our Museum Tour with 15 International High School students as part of the “One Step To the Future” Social Responsibility project. The event featured a debate about the concepts of university education in general and about the Social Sciences, Political Science and International Relations Departments in specific moderated by our lecturer Mr. Okan Gülbak. This debate was followed by another debate about concepts of Right and Justice moderated by Mr. Mustafa Kaya, a graduate of the Department of Law department of our University.

Make a Thousand Children Laugh As Istanbul Ticaret University Entrepreneurship Society, we distributed 100 toys on behalf of our club to children in the socio-economically low regions of Istanbul on May 25th, 2021 within the scope of the “Make a Thousand Children Laugh” project initiated by the Student Council. Ten different student societies of the university collaborated within the scope of the project. The donations collected allowed distribution of toys to a total of 1000 children.

Breast Cancer We held our first workshop on October 26th, 2021 with our new department's Awareness Team. The workshop, which aims to raise awareness of our university students about “Breast Cancer”, was held by the Istanbul Ticaret University Entrepreneurship Society in our university's Sütlüce Campus. At the Breast Cancer Awareness Workshop, which we organized with the Awareness Team of our new department opened this year, our guests, Members of the Board of Directors of MEMEDER (Breast Health Society), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Beyza ÖZÇINAR and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem TÜRKOĞLU, shared their knowledge about the well-known misconceptions, risk factors and the treatment process about breast cancer. The presentation of the event and the introduction of the society were undertaken by Ms. Nazlıcan SARDOĞAN, Head of Entrepreneurship Society. Ms. Zeynep Begüm AKAY, Co-Chair of the Awareness Department, and Ms. Serra Nur İLİKSIZ, a member of the department, took part in the event. At the beginning of the event, ribbons were distributed to raise awareness. At the end of the event, lots were drawn and a D&R gift card was awarded to one student as a result.

Law Audio Library As the Law Society, we are establishing a Law Audio Library for our visually impaired colleagues and fellow students! In the first stage of the event, we made trial recordings with 50 students selected from among the 80 applications submitted by our university's students and formed our recording team.  

Women's Rights Committee Fundraiser As the Legal Thought Society, we also took responsibility within the scope of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25th, 2021, and organized a fundraiser activity in our university. A total of 6700 TL, which was raised from the sales of the meals prepared by the members of the Legal Thought Society and the Board of Directors, and from the sales of the clothing, jewelry and candle provided by our Sponsors, was donated to Malatya Women's Shelter on November 25th, 2021, to meet their needs.

Village School Rehabilitation Project Our Society and the participants of the camp which included live broadcasts, virtual court, and competitions for the students of the Faculty of Law, participated in the rehabilitation works carried out between 2-10 March, 2021, to improve the physical conditions of Adıyaman Besni Zormağara Elementary School, and donated jackets, shoes, clothes and book series to 40 students studying at the said school. The President and the vice-president of the Society personally took part in the rehabilitation works to improve the physical conditions of the school, including landscaping, painting school’s exterior and other necessary works. The school was handed over to the village school students on March 10th, 2021 with a ceremony attended by the District Governor and the Provincial Director of National Education.

Leukemia Awareness On May 24th, 2021, an awareness activity was held in order to accompany children with leukemia on their heroic journey. The LÖSEV (Foundation For Children With Leukemia) officer accompanied us in our event and answered the questions of “What is Leukemia?”, “How is it treated?”, “What is LÖSEV?”, “What activities does LÖSEV carry out?”. 2-8 November Children With Leukemia Week Between 2-3 November, 2021, 8 student societies united under the leadership of the Legal Thought Society, and a Red Crescent blood donation tent was opened on the Sütlüce Campus. University students, all employees on campus and the academic staff were called out to provide their support. At the end of the event, 130 units of blood and 81 units of stem cells were donated to the children with leukemia.

Food Support for Stray Animals Each of the participants, guests and members of our Board of Directors who attended the Legal Thought Summit held on January 1-3, 2021 which was addressed to law students promised 500 grams of food support to our lovely friends on the streets. Consequentially, 165 kilograms of food was donated to the animal shelter in Malatya on January 5th, 2021.

Taste +1 with Down Syndrome Within the framework of the "Taste +1 with Down Syndrome" event organized by the Psychology Society, pancakes were made together based on the recipes of our friends with down syndrome. While the participants were making pancakes with our friends with down syndrome, they also gained information about Down syndrome and created awareness. Within the scope of this Social Responsibility Project, individuals with down syndrome were supported to take part in social life and a purposeful project has emerged involving being together with individuals with down syndrome and getting to know their success and witnessing their affection first hand.

Don't Forget Your Brother/Sister Within the scope of the "Don't Forget Your Brother/Sister" event, which was organized jointly by the of Sociology Society and Red Crescent Society, food aid was provided to 50 households in certain low income level districts of Istanbul in the month of Ramadan in 2021. In this context, the provisions (sunflower oil, auger pasta, olive, flour, granulated sugar, bow pasta, barley vermicelli, red lentils, chickpeas, rice, bulghur, salt, tomato paste, Turkish coffee, butter, and cheese) were packaged in the form of boxes on April 5th, 2021, and distributed the next day on April 6th, 2021. Within the scope of this social responsibility project, a purposeful project has emerged featuring the importance of sharing and being together with the participants.    

Fundraiser for Special Education Children With the Fundraiser for Special Education Children event, organized jointly by our University, International Student Society and Political Science International Relations Society, we wanted to provide the needs of our children who need to receive special education, while at the same time make them feel how valuable and special they are in social life. In the event we held on 21-22 December, 2021 for the said purpose, we tried to offer some treats food and drinks at our stands to our volunteers, who delivered the toys, stationery materials and books included in the needs list. We visited the students and children who need special education and gave them the products we have collected and shared their excitement and joy. We hope that our social responsibility project will set an example for some of the society.