Bahçeşehir University

As Istanbul's rental market continues to surge, even the most rundown homes are attracting high prices, leaving many potential tenants shocked by the living conditions on offer.

Basement homes without daylight, damp walls, broken cabinets and unsanitary kitchens and bathrooms are being listed for as much as 10,000 Turkish Liras (around $290).

Twenty-one higher education institution from Türkiye have been included in the top 500 of the world's best "young universities" list, according to a London-based education organization.

The Bahçeşehir University (BAU) Bosphorus Sailing Cup, which was the first sailboat race of 2024 in the Bosphorus, took place on May 4 and 5.

In the competition, 42 sailboats culminated in the Bosphorus for the fourth stage of the Bahçeşehir University International Sailing Club's Spring Trophy, with a buoy course between Caddebostan and Prince's Islands.

Within the scope of the "Enheduanna" project, which brings together Turkish and Italian fashion designers, a design competition with wide participation will take place, bringing to life 20 fabrics produced in ancient Anatolia with 12 historical females of Mesopotamia.

More than 40 competitors have participated in the first sailing race of the year on the Bosphorus in Istanbul, one of the most challenging sailing race courses in Türkiye, famous for its strong currents coming from the north.

Organized by Bahçeşehir University for the 11th time this year, the BAU Bosphorus Sailing Cup saw more than 40 sailboats set sail on the strait.

Home rents in Istanbul increased by 97.7 percent in January from the same month of last year, a study has shown.

Gülnur Aybet, a senior adviser to the Turkish Presidency, has been appointed as the permanent representative of Turkey to UNESCO.

The decision of the appointment was published in the Official Gazette on Nov. 20.

A Syrian girl, 22, has graduated first in her class with top honors in Turkey.

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Yasmin Nayal, who fled the Syrian civil war in 2016 and went to Turkey with her family, completed her undergraduate education in the new media department at Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Istanbul. She completed a double major in the psychology department.

A woman collective in the eastern Black Sea province of Giresun has taken support from the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to produce hazelnut products, jam and cornflour using heirloom seeds.

The cooperative initiative founded by eight cousins is named Ortakbahçe, which means common orchard in Turkish.

Some 64 percent of parents in Turkey are worried about the security of their children as they go to school, Bahçeşehir University academic Professor Osman Öztürk has stated, commenting on the results of a recent study. 

"What's more, 73 percent of parents are worried about the time when their children are at school," Öztürk told daily Birgün.