From the University Agenda

IGU Gastronomy students prepared a special meal for Binali Yıldırım!

After the opening of Istanbul Gelisim University 2024-2025 academic year and Honorary Doctorate Ceremony, IGU Gastronomy Department students offered a special dinner to the last Prime Minister, Binali Yıldırım. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of IGU Abdülkadir Gayretli, Rector Prof. Bahri Şahin, Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Serdar Egeli attended.

Our last Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım gave lecture at the 2024-2025 academic year opening and Honorary Doctorate ceremony. Yıldırım was awarded the Honorary Doctorate, attended the special dinner invitation prepared by IGU Gastronomy department students after the ceremony.

The menu included rice dish, kebabs, Turkish soups and salads reflecting the flavors of traditional Turkish cuisine. 3rd grade students of the Department of Gastronomy of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Fine Arts prepared a meal as a team of 8 under the coordination of İbrahim Levent Demirçakmak, lecturer in the Department of Culinary of Istanbul Gelisim Vocational School.

Binali Yıldırım loved the dishes prepared by the students with great appreciation. This activity provided an important opportunity for students, enabling them to successfully represent IGU's cuisine.