Gelisim News

The IGU awarded its national athletes

Before the May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth, and Sports Day, Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) held an award ceremony within the scope of the Youth Week of May 15-21 to honor the successes of 56 national athlete students who have received degrees worldwide

Istanbul Gelisim University held an award ceremony for its 56 national athlete students. The university awarded the students, including World Gymnastics Champion Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı, who succeeded in the sports category prior to the May 19 the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth, and Sports Day. In the ceremony, held with the "The Champions and Future of the Sports are at the IGU’’ slogan, it was also stated that the support for national athletes will continue as the university.
 
“WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY”

 Abdulkadir Gayretli, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, who indicated that they will pursue to succeed in sports as in every field, also stated the following;
 “We organized such an organization to appreciate the achievements of our successful students. In particular, our School of Physical Education and Sports attaches great importance to our students. In addition, special scholarships are given to our national athletes. We want to maintain the quality. We want our students to ride high because Turkey is a country worthy of this. Success and rewards are inevitable if everyone does their job very well and strives to be the best. We have also been awarded by institutions that make world university rankings such as Times Higher Education (THE). We ranked first in Turkey in the "Quality Education" category and 16th in the world rankings. This is a very significant achievement for us. If a 10-year-old university achieves such great success in a short time, it means we are worthy of the award.”
 
’’WE WILL MAKE OUR SUCCESSES PURSUED’’

Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Bahri Şahin expressed his proud in having so many national athletes in a university and praised the previous rectors for making the university successful in such a short time. Continuing his words by stating "We will strive to fulfill success expectancy to higher from now on. We will actually focus on how we can make our successes pursued. Even getting into the national team is a great success. My preference is to be the rector on the field rather than the rector on the couch. As in other universities where I worked before, I will personally continue to attention to our athletes’ problems in the same way as well. We will fully support them to lead for their success.
 
"IT WILL BE A FIRST IF I BECOME CHAMPION AGAIN''

Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı, a national gymnast, expressed her happiness about being awarded by her own university and added that they are working hard to achieve their goals for the world championship, which will take place in a month. "I'll be competing in the finals exactly one month from now.  "At the world championship, I will compete in the singles category. If we win this tournament, I will be the first athlete in the history of gymnastics to win a gold medal in aerobic gymnastics twice in a row. That is why I am so excited. Our chances are high, too. Our training lasts 10-12 hours, we train really hard." Onbaşı said.  
 
Istanbul Youth and Sports Provincial Director Prof. Dr. Burhanettin Hacıcaferoğlu and  Istanbul metropolitan municipality (IMM) Youth and Sports Director İlker Öztürk also attended the ceremony. After the opening speeches, a special video prepared by the university under the title "Champions Come Out from IGU" was watched. The ceremony ended with the students receiving their awards.