CoHE President Özvar Kicks Off Science Café Meetings in Gaziantep
April 16, 2025 / Gaziantep
Erol Özvar, President of the Council of Higher Education, kicked off the
“Science Café”, the first event of the Science Communication Offices, at
Gaziantep Islamic Science and Technology University (GIBTU).
Özvar visited GIBTU Science Communication Office and participated in the
“Science Café” event. He congratulated GIBTU for establishing the Science
Communication Office in a very short time and organizing such an event, and
announced that Science Café events will be held simultaneously at all
Turkish universities in the last week of May.
Stating that they find the dissemination of knowledge as valuable as
producing it, Özvar said:
“The knowledge produced at Turkish universities should reach the public
through you, the professors.
We attach great importance to making the knowledge produced at Turkish
universities known by a wider public. The Science Café idea has emerged
from this understanding. We would like all our students, not only our
students but also our lecturers to participate in this event. In this way,
we think that the value, worth and reputation of knowledge will increase
even more.
In the last week of May, a Science Café event will be organized
simultaneously at all Turkish universities. This will surely go beyond the
campus. We expect and invite you to participate in these events.
In this respect, I would like to express to my young friends and future
colleagues studying in all fields and programs that I expect them to
participate in this event.”