The 18th session of conference series titled “HİB Interviews with Commercial Counsellors” that coordinated online by Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly, was held on 21th December 2022 with the theme of Tanzania.
The online program, which started with opening speech of HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, continued with presentation of Dar es Salaam Commercial Counselor Onur Bilge.
In the presentation, which includes detailed information on service export in Tanzania; was given place to various subjects such as general economic data of Tanzania, foreign trade and social security practices, taxes, investment areas, incentives, logistic infrastructure, staple commodities in exportation. After the presentation, the questions from representatives of participating companies were answered.
Education services cooperation protocol signed between Turkish Airlines and Service Exporters’ Association, which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly.
The launching meeting of cooperation protocol signed on 20 December 2022 in THY Head Office was held with the participation of THY Board of Management and Executive Committee and HİB President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat and HİB Vice President and Education Services Committee President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın.
With signed protocol was aimed to increase the education services export which foreign exchange inflow to the economy and has big importance with its contribution as a soft power factor. HİB Vice President and Education Services Committee President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın stated that strategic cooperation with THY has importance in terms of gaining more international students to our country and ensuring that international students and their parents have advantageous flight opportunities.
In his assessment on the subject, “We organize fairs, promotions and activities with our “Study in Türkiye” brand every year in more than 20 destination countries and we aim to get higher our service export income in this way. We are working hard for Turkey to achieve its goal of being a country with qualified knowledge and manpower, and to become into a regional education base. This cooperation with THY is also an important step to close us to our goals. Therefore, to speak, our national carrier THY will soon fly education. Therefore, I would like to express my gratitude to whole THY family, particularly Dear President Ahmet Bolat, and to everyone who contributed to actualized the cooperation between us.” said Aydın stated that “raising the student quality” and “enhancing the international academician mobility” are among their goals.
After Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, speaking HİB President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat said “THY is making serious effort for not only transportation, but also for the point of promotion of our country. I believe that this protocol we signed today, will be a big power for education services export. I hope this step will be beneficial for our country and service exporters.”
The conference with the theme of “Local and regional authorities: strategies to strengthen Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in the context of the current epochal changes” of Standing Committee Euro Mediterranean Partnership of the Local and Regional Authorities (COPPEM) was held in Italy. The fruitful presentations contained many political and social issues such as cultural changes, refugee and migration problems in the world, racism problems, Ukraine and Syria crisis, climate change, gender equality, human and woman rights, peace processes in the world at the conference which held in Palermo, Regional Assembly of Sicily.
Many participants such as IAU President and COPPEM Board Member Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, President of Antimafia Commission, President of the Regional Assembly of Sicily, COPPEM President Adly Hussein, COPPEM General Secretary Francesco Sammarito, Regional Affairs of the Region Sicily and Archbishop took part in the conference.
COPPEM Board Member Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın made a speech titled “Mediterranean Region: Issues and Solution Offers through Education Diplomacy”. In his speech, mentioning the purpose of education diplomacy, environmental and social problems in the Mediterranean Region Aydın; uttered the need for economic and political stability in the region in his speech. In addition, Aydın, recording that gender equality, human rights and placing democracy, making an inclusive education and dialog culture is also essential, offered that through a developed “educational diplomacy” to be established in the fields of education and research, about the problems encountered by the Mediterranean region, reliable scientific evidence should be presented to the decision-makers, alternative projects and programs should be designed.
Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, at the end of his speech, drew attention “education diplomacy” notion and he said “Education diplomacy is a dynamic and strong tool that will positively impact our world. In this respect, we should stand behind activities that improve education and research territorially and all kinds of initiatives that will invigorate the international dimension of these activities.”
Istanbul Aydın University President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın visited Roma La Sapienza University.
In the Roma La Sapienza University, established in 1300, placed at the top among world universities and raised seven Nobel laureate scientists, Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın met with Rector, executives and Eastern European History Lecturer Prof Fabio L. Grassi. Prof. Aydın stated that during the meetings, there was a productive exchange of ideas on expanding the existing cooperation between the Sapienza University of Rome and IAU.
After the meetings, Aydın visited the campus and museums and shared her personal impressions with the university administrators.
The launch of works written by history researcher Dr. Rinaldo Marmara, titled “La Casa Della Vergine Maria” and “turkey-Vatican [Pontificate] Through Diplomatic Relations” which is a documented catalog from Vatican archives and published by Istanbul Aydın University; was held in Rome hosted by Gregorian University.
İstanbul Aydın University Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, Ambassador to Vatican Mr. Lütfullah Göktaş, S.E.R. Mons Lorenzo Piretto, Dean of Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage of the Church, Pontifical Gregorian University Prof Marek Inglot and P. Pio Murat also attended to the launch.
Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın said, “This book published by Istanbul Aydın University Press, contains important documents about the first years of Republic. Especially most of the documents about 19th and 20th century “Turkish history” are in Vatican archives in Italian and French. The purpose of our documented catalog prepared with the great effort of Dear Rinaldo Marmara, is to present the documents which have Turkish abstracts and references to the researchers via Istanbul Aydın University. I would like to thank again Dr. Rinaldo Marmara who is one of the few who can enter the hidden and private archives of Vatican and work in there for many years for creating this unique work and offering an insight into unknown pages of history. I would like to express my gratitude to him on behalf of our university, country and history which has many more unknown key points.”
IAU President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, within the scope of his Italy contacts, visited the Embassy of Rome and had a meeting with Ambassador of Rome Mr. Ömer Gücük.
Visiting also Ambassador of Vatican Mr. Lütfullah Göktaş, Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın had a fruitful exchange of ideas about higher education activities in Turkey and Europe. Expressing his thanks due to their hospitality, Aydın presented a plaque on behalf of Istanbul Aydın University.
The 17th session of conference series titled “HİB Interviews with Commercial Counsellors” that coordinated online by Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly, was held on 7th December 2022 with the theme of Indonesia.
The online program, which started with opening speech of HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, continued with presentations of Jakarta Commercial Principal Consultant Erkan Kiper and Jakarta Commercial Counsellor Burak Avcı.
Including detailed information on service export in Indonesia in the presentation, the economic indicators in Indonesia, foreign trade and import-export data, Turkey – Indonesia bilateral trade, Indonesia service sector and items subjects discussed. After the presentation, Representatives’ questions of companies were answered.
Turkish Republic Minister of Treasury and Finance Dr. Nureddin Nebati was guest of Intellectual Thought Platform, which operated under the umbrella of İstanbul Aydın University. Touring Istanbul Aydın University campus before the conference Dr. Nebati, got information about campus facilities and research interests.
Dr. Nureddin Nebati gave detailed information on the current situation of the economy as conference speaker of Intellectual Thought Platform and answered the questions on the subject. Istanbul Aydın University academicians, politician and high bureaucracy attended to the conference where country and world economy developments conveyed.
HİB Gastronomy and Catering Services meeting was held on 1 December 2022 under the presidency of Hib Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın. Gastronomy and catering sector representatives also attended the meeting. The situation assessment on sector discussed at the meeting and fruitful consultation offered about the problems and their solutions.
The press conference was organized in order to share the details of the cooperation with TÜYAP by Turkish Franchising Association (UFRAD). The purpose and scope of the cooperation shared at the meeting attended by UFRAD president Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın.
UFRAD President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın who made a speech at the press conference, stated that within the scope of cooperation, the fairs supported by Turkish Franchising Association (UFRAD), and organized in order to enable Turkish brands to spread domestically and abroad with the “Franchise and Branded Dealership” system, will be held in cooperation with TÜYAP as of 2023 and this cooperation will make serious contributions to the process. “We organized 32 fairs as UFRAD until now. We will continue next fairs with a world’s giant such as TÜYAP, that has made a name for itself in both national and international borders and has proven itself in the field of fairs.” said Aydın expressed that the cooperation with TÜYAP is an important step for UFRAD.
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