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Scientific Activities

  • (2024) University-Industry Collaboration Event titled "Career Opportunities in the Translation and Language Services Sector."

  • (2023) University-Industry Collaboration Event titled "Current Practices and Career Opportunities in the Field of Interpretation."

  • (2023) Seminar titled “2209-A University Student Research Project Support Program (TÜBİTAK).”

  • (2023) A talk by Cihan Öztürk titled “Career Opportunities in the Field of Medical Translation.”

    (2023) A talk by Bekir Diri titled “Current Practices in the Language and Translation Services Sector.”
     

  • (2023) A series of seminars titled “The Fictional World Through the Translator’s Eyes” as part of the Francophonie Festival, featuring a talk by Sevin Okyay.
     

  • (2023) As part of the Francophonie Festival, a series of seminars titled “The Fictional World Through the Translator’s Eyes,” featuring a talk by Bengisu Molyer.
     

  • (2023) As part of the Francophonie Festival, a series of seminars titled “The Fictional World Through the Translator’s Eyes,” featuring a talk by Özlem Mete.
     

  • (2023) A trivia contest held as part of Francophonie Week.

  • (2023) As part of the Francophonie Festival, a series of seminars titled “The Fictional World Through the Translator’s Eyes,” featuring a talk by Orhan Cevher.
     

  • (2022) Translation Workshop.
     

  • (2022) Introductory meeting with the GRELIE Research Group at the University of Lleida, Spain.
     

  • (2022) End-of-Year Picnic.
     

  • (2022) Subtitled screening of the short animated film titled “The Old Man and the Sea.”
     

  • (2022) Seminar titled “Awareness and Translation in the Context of Different Communities of People with Disabilities,” moderated by Lecturer Dr. Hande Ersöz Demirdağ.
     

  • (2022) Workshop titled “Localization and Quality Management in the Age of Digital Transformation.”
     

  • (2022) Subtitle Translation Workshop conducted by Fulya Marmara and Murat Onur Sabaz.
     

  • (2022) A lecture titled “Translation Studies and Intertextuality” by Prof. Dr. Füsun Ataseven, held as part of the Francophonie Festival.
     

  • (2022) A lecture by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senem Öner Bulut titled “What Will Remain Human/Human-Like in the Age of Machine Translation,” held as part of the Francophonie Festival.
     

  • (2022) A lecture by Prof. Dr. Ayşe Banu Karadağ, organized in collaboration with the YTÜ Foreign Languages and Translation Club as part of the March 8 events at YTÜ.
     

  • (2021) A talk titled “The Publishing World of Crime Fiction” delivered by Özlem Özdemir as part of a series of seminars on crime fiction, copyright, and literary translation.
     

  • (2021) A lecture titled “An Original Crime Novelist: George Simenon, Detective Maigret, and His Interesting Journey in Turkey,” delivered by Erol Üyepazarcı as part of the seminars on “Crime Fiction, Copyright, and Translated Literature.”
     

  • (2021) A talk titled “Pseudo-Translations and Crime Fiction” delivered by Nilüfer Alimen as part of the seminars on “Crime Fiction: Original Works and Translations.”
     

  • (2021) A lecture titled “Writing Local Crime Fiction Through Translation,” presented by Özge Altıntaş as part of the seminars on Crime Fiction Copyright and Translated Literature.
     

  • (2021) A talk titled “The Forty Thieves’ Stolen Treasure: Writing Today’s Crime Fiction,” delivered by Suat Duman as part of the seminars on Crime Fiction and Translated Literature.
     

  • (2021) The Francophonie Festival, featuring various events organized as part of Francophonie Week.
     

  • (2021) A trivia contest held as part of Francophonie Week.
     

  • (2021) A talk titled “Translating Children’s Literature,” presented by Şilan Karadağ as part of the Francophonie Festival.
     

  • (2020) A seminar by Yiğit Bener on translation ethics, rights, and the essence of the translation process, titled “What If We
    Didn’t Translate…?” 

  • (2019) A seminar titled “Sports Translation” by Deniz Sarıtaç, translator for Fenerbahçe SK. (2019) The Francophonie Festival, featuring various events organized as part of Francophonie Week.
     

  • (2018) “Memorial Meeting for Prof. Dr. Hasan Anamur,” Yıldız Technical University, December 17, 2018, Istanbul.

 

  • (2018) “Presentation Meeting for the LEXIS LAROUSSE Dictionary Translation Project,” Yıldız Technical University, December 5, 2018, Istanbul.

 

  • (2018) “Translation and the Globalization of Imaginaries: From Nabokov to Orhan Pamuk” (Speaker: “Translation Studies Scholar Michaël Oustinoff”), Yıldız Technical University, April 30, 2018, Istanbul.

 

  • (2018) “A Guide to Student Life” (Speaker: Senem Kobya), “The Translation Business—A Value-Added Factory” (Speaker: Mete Özel), Yıldız Technical University, April 17, 2018, Istanbul.

 

  • (2018) “Current Approaches to Interpreting Education” (Speakers: Prof. Dr. Alev Bulut & Dr. Esra Özkaya), Yıldız Technical University, March 13, 2018, Istanbul.

 

  • (2017) “Is Literature an Adaptation Activity?” (Speaker: Fuat Sevimay), Yıldız Technical University, April 19, 2017, Istanbul.

 

  • (2017) “Why Are TV Series So Popular?” (Speaker: Gökhan Horzum), Yıldız Technical University, November 16, 2017, Istanbul.
     

  • (2017) “Translate, Translate—But How Far?” (Speaker: Yiğit Bener), Yıldız Technical University, October 23, 2017, Istanbul.

 

  • (2017) “Summer Internship” (Speaker: Club Med), Yıldız Technical University, April 24, 2017, Istanbul.

 

  • (2016) “The Role of the Translator in International Business Communication” (Speaker: Dilek Yazıcı), Yıldız Technical University, November 15, 2016, Istanbul.

 

  • (2016) “La Table Gastronomique Française” (Speaker: Sevim Gökyıldız), Yıldız Technical University, March 28, 2016, Istanbul.

 

  • (2015) “11th National Francophonie Congress,” Yıldız Technical University, May 11–13, 2015, Istanbul.

 

  • (2014) “Memorial Meeting for Berke Vardar,” Yıldız Technical University, December 8, 2014, Istanbul.

 

  • (2014) “Dernières leçons d’Emile Benveniste: sémiologie, langue et écriture” (Speaker: Jean-Claude Coquet), Yıldız Technical University, April 17–18, 2014, Istanbul.

 

  • (2013) The 3rd International Translation Colloquium on “Translation: New Directions,” Yıldız Technical University, May 8–9, 2013, Istanbul.

 

  • (2002) The 2nd International Translation Colloquium on “Interdisciplinarity in Translation,” Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul.

 

  • (1997) The 1st International Translation Colloquium on “Translation: The Crossroads of Cultures and Times,” Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul.