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Picnics day and night

As ITU TÖMER, we continue our extracurricular activities with our students and teachers with full enthusiasm. As part of the June 18th World Picnic Day, and also serving as an end-of-year celebration, we came together at the ITU campus, the heart of nature, for a picnic event.

07 Jul 2026

A Short Trip in Vefa

On May 21st, a delightful cultural walk was organized, accompanied by our ITU TÖMER teachers, to help our students closely discover Istanbul's historical and cultural riches and practice Turkish in daily life.

07 Jul 2026

Turkish in the Digital Age Symposium

Istanbul Technical University TOMER and the ITU Natural Language Processing Group participated in the "Turkish Symposium in the Digital Age," hosted by Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University on May 13-14, 2026, presenting remarkable papers on the digitalization process of the Turkish language and language technologies.

07 Jul 2026

A Color Hunt in Balat

As ITU TÖMER, we continue to support language learning through extracurricular cultural and social activities. On May 14th, we organized an enjoyable trip with our students to Balat, a neighborhood that beautifully reflects the historical and multicultural fabric of Istanbul.

17 Jun 2026

Iftar and Karagöz-Hacivat Excitement at ITU TÖMER

On March 16th, we shared our iftar in a warm, family-like atmosphere with a variety of delicious dishes handmade and brought by our students and teachers. Afterward, we experienced nostalgic and entertaining moments watching our Karagöz and Hacivat shadow play, which has become a beloved tradition at our TÖMER.

16 Jun 2026

Hyacinths by Night, Succulents by Day...

As ITU TÖMER family, we ensure that our students' language learning journey extends beyond the classroom by continuing to support them with social activities centered on experiential learning. As part of this, we planted hyacinths -the heralds of spring—with our evening group students on January 27th, and hosted a delightful succulent planting event with our daytime group students on January 28th.

05 Jun 2026

Workshop on Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language in the Age of AI

We participated in the "Workshop on Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," organized by Yıldız Technical University TÖMER on December 1, 2025, representing İTÜ TÖMER and the İTÜ Natural Language Processing Research Group.

12 Jan 2026

Happy World Turkic Language Family Day!

With the historic decision adopted at UNESCO's 43rd General Conference on November 3, 2025, December 15 has been officially declared "World Turkic Language Family Day."

10 Jan 2026

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