CoHE President Özvar Visits Erzincan
- Özvar: "We unanimously accepted the application to open an
'Earthquake Technologies Institute' in Erzincan."
- “The Institute will be opened after the approval of our President.”
June 20, 2022 / Erzincan
CoHE President Erol Özvar visited Erzincan to make site visits and
participate in the activities held at Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University.
CoHE Executive Board Member Prof. Naci Gündoğan accompanied Özvar during
his visit.
After visiting the Office of Erzincan Governor Mehmet Makas, Özvar chatted
and took a souvenir photo with the students of the School of Medicine. He
participated in the panel titled "An Ottoman Scholar: Eğinli Ebu Sehl Numan
Efendi" held at the Prof. Erdoğan Büyükkasap Congress and Culture Center at
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University.
“We are planning a national technology move”
In his speech at the panel, Özvar stated that they were planning a national
technology move with the guidance of President Erdoğan and noted that Numan
Efendi was among the pioneers who produced the first examples of the
national technology move. He emphasizing that Numan Efendi was a figure
with national dignity, national pride and patriotism and said, “Such
examples of success are of great importance. As the number of these
examples increases, the national technology move will reach success. Numan
Efendi, who was also from Erzincan, was a genius who had solved extremely
important and different issues across the Empire.”
“Removing the requirement of minimum passing score does not mean we
have also removed the success ratings”
CoHE President Özvar congratulated the students who participated in the YKS
and said, "The effort of about 3 million 250 thousand students to take this
exam and enter higher education institutions is commendable. They really
put in a great effort. I also would like to take this opportunity to
congratulate the parents and families of our candidate students and convey
my best wishes to them."
He reiterated that they, as CoHE, made some new arrangements regarding YKS
by removing the requirement of minimum passing scores for TYT and AYT and
extending the exam period and added, “The fact that this new arrangement
has brought great satisfaction to both our students and their teachers
shows that we made the right decision.”
Özvar emphasized that the removal of the requirement of minimum passing
score did not mean that the success rating was also removed. He stated that
they foresaw an increase in the demand for higher education not only in
Turkey but all over the world in the coming years and continued as follows:
“What we are trying to do is to enable the citizens of countries with young
population to benefit more from the opportunities of CoHE. As I have always
said, this implementation is, in fact, about the increase in the number of
students who makes university selections. That is to say that we wanted to
expand this base. Otherwise, making selections does not mean getting into a
university, as you might know. The more the number of students who can
choose a university and program increases, the higher the efficiency of
this exam, which is based on the success rating, will be. I believe our
students will study in the fields of study they desire. The main duty of
our universities is to provide the best educational support to our incoming
students, to coach them, so to speak, and to prepare them for the future.”
“As CoHE, our most important task is to pave the way for universities”
Özvar noted that they aimed to increase not only the number of
undergraduate students but also the number of graduate students and
researchers and said:
“Our main goal is to increase the number of PhD researchers. We aim to
provide students with access to universities through the universities in
every province. As CoHE, our most important task is to pave the way for
universities. Universities should not face any obstacles in terms of
permanent positions, programs or other issues and those who deserve
permanent positions should be able to find these positions and carry out
academic studies freely. The number of scientific studies increases in a
peaceful environment and decreases when there is conflict. Behind every
decision we make, there is an effort to provide an environment suitable for
research and science. What we are trying to do is to increase the
publication capacity of professors, to make them more productive and to
implement incentive policies to achieve this.”
CoHE President Özvar stated that he worked to increase the publication
capacity and productivity of university professors and stated that positive
discrimination should be encouraged, incentives should be applied and all
kinds of support should be given to professors who work in this manner and
cooperate internationally.
“We unanimously accepted the establishment of the Earthquake
Technologies Institute”
Özvar pointed out that Erzincan is a province that has the most earthquakes
and noted that Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University made a request to
establish an earthquake institute. He stated that he wanted to announce an
important development for Türkiye, especially for Erzincan and the entire
region and commented, “I want to share the good news here. As CoHE, we
unanimously accepted the application for the establishment of the
Earthquake Technologies Institute in Erzincan. This institute will start to
operate in Erzincan as soon as it is approved by our President.”
He said that important scientific research would be carried out at the
Institute and said, "Hopefully, lecturers and experts will start earthquake
research in Erzincan in cooperation with the Kandilli Observatory. It will
train experts in the field of earthquake research and technology. We will
support the efforts of our lecturers."
- Visit to Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University-
CoHE President Özvar visited Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University. He
received information about the current status of the university and
academic activities from the Rector Prof. Akın Levent and then attended the
Senate Meeting of the University.
Özvar left Erzincan after wrapping up talks in the province.