We graduated more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students during the ceremonies we held at the YTÜ Davutpaşa Campus from July 6 to 10, 2026. More than 22,000 family members and friends of our students shared in the excitement of the ceremonies, during which our Rector, Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik, presented plaques to the top three students in each department.

As Yıldız Technical University, we held our graduation ceremonies for the 2025–2026 academic year from July 6–10, 2026, at the Davutpaşa Congress and Culture Center. As we sent off 5,205 students graduating from our 10 faculties and 3 institutes into the future, we hosted 22,870 family members and guests of our students on our campus over the course of five days. The graduation ceremonies were attended by our Rector, Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik; our Vice Rector for Education and Teaching, Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya; our Vice Rector for Administration, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Göksel Ağargün; our Vice Rector for Research and Planning, Prof. Dr. Güleda Engin; our Chief Advisor to the Rector, Prof. Dr. Özer Çınar; our Dean of Students, Prof. Dr. Gamze Varank; as well as institute directors, deans, department chairs, and our faculty members.

Plaques Presented by Our Rector to Top-Ranking Graduates

During the graduation ceremonies, where our Rector, Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik, addressed the students and their families, plaques were presented to the top three students in each department. While the top-ranking students received their plaques from our Rector, Prof. Dr. Debik, our undergraduate graduates were presented with their diplomas by deans and department chairs, and our master’s and doctoral graduates received their diplomas from our institute directors.  

“Turn the Knowledge You Have Gained into Social Benefit”

In his speeches at the graduation ceremonies, our Rector, Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik, thanked our faculty members for their guidance and the families for their sacrifices. 

Calling on our graduates to keep their scientific curiosity alive, to continuously develop themselves, and to transform knowledge into social benefit, Rector Eyüp Debik said, “Never give up on researching, questioning, and learning. In the age of artificial intelligence, your greatest strength will be your ability to think critically, generate original ideas, strengthen your intellectual foundation, and apply your knowledge for the benefit of humanity,” he said.

Advising our distinguished graduates to maintain strong ties with YTÜ and the YTÜ Foundation, Rector Debik said, “Be sure to join the Alumni Platform run by our YTÜ Alumni Coordination Office, make a point of attending the annual alumni reunions, and strive throughout your lives to be a strong part of the Yıldız Family and to create value. Let knowledge be your guide and your conscience your compass. I congratulate each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart,” he said.

We Welcomed Our Graduates’ Families and Friends

During the five-day graduation ceremonies, family members and friends shared in our students’ joy. At the ceremonies, which saw 22,870 attendees, our graduates received their diplomas, tossed their caps into the air together, and celebrated this special day—symbolizing their university years—with their loved ones.

We Sent Our Stars Off into the Future

We sent off our graduates—who were educated in various disciplines ranging from engineering to architecture and from the natural sciences to the social sciences—into their new lives, equipped with the academic knowledge, research culture, and professional competence they acquired at our university. As Yıldız Technical University, we took great joy in graduating our students as individuals who develop ideas, conduct research, devise solutions, and embrace the responsibility of adding value to society.

We Wish Our Stars Success in Life

With the graduation ceremonies of the 2025–2026 academic year, we have expanded our YTÜ family with 5,205 new graduates. We believe that our graduates will maintain their connection with our university throughout their lives and will undertake projects that add value to our country and humanity through their knowledge and experience; we wish each and every one of our “Stars” a future filled with health, success, and well-being.

YTÜ Alumni Coordination Office: www.mezun.yildiz.edu.tr
YTÜ Alumni Platform: www.yildizlimezunlar.org

STUDENTS WHO PLACED IN THE TOP THREE IN OUR DEPARTMENTS

Faculty of Education

Computer and Instructional Technologies Education

1. Sevginur Albayrak

2. Osman Süheyl Düzel

3. Emre Can Alkan

Science Education

1. Beyza Nur Yabaş

2. Sıla Sekman

3. Berre Külsoy

Elementary School Mathematics Education

1. Nisa İlayda Bilgiç

2. Miray Hanım Özübek

2. Sadiye Eleç

3. Rabia Ağaç

3. Melahat Büyük

3. Nisa Emine Ganimet

English Language Teaching

1. Azra Nur Dereli

2. Fatma Sıla Ay

3. Beyza Sarı

Early Childhood Education

1. Betül Zehra Demirci

2. Şeymanur Aykaç

2. Berin Pınar Koca

2. Esra Eker

3. Zeynep Sude Berk

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

1. Nurdan Arslantaş

1. Nida Sülün

2. Zeynep Sena Özcan

3. Melisa Polat

3. Meryem İlayda Güzeldere

3. Neslihan Demir

Elementary School Teaching

1. Selma Tekin

2. Ayşegül Açış

3. Sevda Esma Çelenk

Social Studies Teaching

1. Buseyne Göçmen

2. Ayça Karadirek

3. Büşra Beyazyıldız

Turkish Language Education

1. Beytullah Odabaş

2. Beyzanur Başlı

3. Kevser Günay

Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Computer Engineering

1. Emirhan Yusuf Toptaş

2. Yusuf Can Akbaş

3. Yusuf Safa Köksal

Biomedical Engineering (English)

1. Rana Mujavar

2. Salma Ahmed

3. Sara Ahmed

Electrical Engineering

1. Uğur Aydın

2. Emre Mıcık

3. Gürkan Öztürk

3. Rabia Merve Kartal

Electronics and Communications Engineering

1. Ömer Faruk Dokcan

1. Fatma Batur

2. Arda Güler

3. Taha Emre Pamukçu

Control and Automation Engineering

1. İsmail Baha Demir

2. Çağla Pekşen

3. Aybars Eren Çeviker

Control and Automation Engineering (English)

1. Abdulrahman Alkhateeb

2. Mustafa Kabak

3. Mert Eray Yılmaz

Faculty of Science and Letters

Physics

1. Ali Solmaz

2. Kuzey Ekinci

3. Shaimaa Fael

French Translation and Interpreting

1. Zeynep Büşra Bıçakcı

2. Şeyda Şengül

3. Ece Nur Gargı

3. Aleyna Akbaş

Statistics

1. Ayşe Bilgen Erdem

2. Ayşegül Albayrak

3. Betül Tuncay

Chemistry

1. Melike Orcan

2. Ayça Ülgen

3. Özgür Kolçak

Chemistry (English)

1. Aze Ilgın Gündoğdu

2. Burçak Coşkun

3. Kübra Baş

3. Suhejb Shaba

Mathematics

1. Ahmet Selim Yavuz

2. Burhan Yılmazer

3. Melis Tan

Molecular Biology and Genetics

1. Irmak Erkoç

2. Betül Erkan

3. Ceyda Dere

Turkish Language and Literature

1. Serap Keskinoğlu

2. Sudenur Aydın

3. Buse Topal

Faculty of Shipbuilding and Maritime Studies

Faculty of Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering

1. Kaan Kırmızıgül

2. Ayberk Aykurt

3. Orhan Şahin

Marine Machinery Operations Engineering

1. Yusuf Şirin

2. Yusuf Kaan Fındıkoğlu

3. Ali Güney Demirbaş

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Economics (30% in English)

1. Sadullah Eren Gezdirici

2. Burak Uçar

3. Mehmet Emin Camalan

Economics (English)

1. Nargiz Rustamova

2. Noureldin Abdou

3. Merve Yılmaz

Business Administration

1. Fikret Efe Borucu

2. Zeynep Mollaoğlu

3. Nur Evşan Öz

Business Administration (English)

1. Dilara Mehraliyeva

2. Aliyya Neno Kassandra

3. Hadia Ilaha Khalid

Political Science and International Relations

1. Şükrü Can Karakaş

2. Reham Yahya

3. Yusuf Burak Çankaya

3. Efe Özdemir

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

1. Buket Başar

2. Eylül Yılmaz

3. Mehmet Emin Boğan

Surveying Engineering

1. Tunahan Kılıç

2. Yaren Sude Orhan

3. Emine Soyuer

Civil Engineering

1. Buğra Burak Kırıkoğlu

2. Murat Ayar

3. Kibar Güneş

Civil Engineering (English)

1. İbrahim Berkay Çınar

2. Tilda Toplayıcı

Faculty of Chemistry and Metallurgy

Biomedical Engineering

1. Hüma Coşkun

2. Yusuf Eren İyim

3. İpek Candan

Biomedical Engineering (English)

1. Dilan Yüksek

2. Hesham Ahmed Atef Ahmed Elsayed Helwa

3. Nisa Turgut

Food Engineering

1. Muhammed Enis Avcı

2. Nilsu Peker

3. Ecem Uçan

Chemical Engineering

1. Hüseyin Gündüz

2. Nilay Süt

3. Beyza Yeşim Dilek

Chemical Engineering (English)

1. Bahar Topçu

2. Deniz Çal

2. Azra Mersin

3. Bilge Nur Gençer

Mathematical Engineering

1. Ayça Engin

2. Emre Tay

3. Saliha Nur Özdemir

Mathematical Engineering (English)

1. Fatih Ensar Sancaklı

2. Hüseyin Ekşici

3. Melek İnci

Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

1. Özgür Dereli

2. Furkan Suda

3. Aleyna Çiçek Seçginli

Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (English)

1. İrem Saygı

2. Fatmagül Denli

3. Aybüke Tekin

3. İpek Tunçöz

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Industrial Engineering

1. Eren Aydın

2. Selin Tanrıverdioğlu

3. Zehra Köse

Industrial Engineering (English)

1. Ibrahim Maher Said Bakr

2. Seray Zeynep Güvenç

3. Anas Zahra

Mechanical Engineering

1. Mertcan Açıkgöz

2. Ulaş Kayaoğlu

3. Şakir Celil Cömert

Mechatronics Engineering

1. Enis Büyükbayrak

2. Elif Tunç

3. Abdulrahman Ahmad Farouk Alshoura

Mechatronics Engineering (English)

1. Shaban Khaled Sha’Ban Salah

2. Ozan Soyyiğit

3. Barış Yurt

3. Fatih Öztürk

Faculty of Architecture

Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage

1. Tutku Altıntarla

Architecture

1. Burak Umutlu

2. Nur Doğankaya

3. Ahmet Sezer Bayram

Architecture (English)

1. Aryan Aydan

2. Eda Şahin

Urban and Regional Planning

1. Berrin Özsarı

2. Özge Çeltik

3. Sedanur Çelebi

Faculty of Art and Design

Interdisciplinary Arts

1. Seval Yıldız Tekin

2. Melisa Uzun

3. Sebahat Erdem Bakır

Photography and Video

1. Sude Naz Kafa

2. Nilay Basır

Graphic Design

1. Beyzanur Karaarslan

1. Ceren Beyza Çoban

2. Ayşe İpek Sürel

Communication and Design

1. Güray Gölge

2. Ayça Gökaslan

2. Lara Elginöz

3. Eda Nur Kaplan

3. Eslem Tuana Çubukcu

3. Sena Gülsüm Sarıca

Music Ensembles

1. İbrahim Murat Reisler

2. Rabia Melike Karataş

3. Mebrure Serra Demiray

Arts and Culture Management

1. Fatmanur Bayrakçı

2. Zehra Karadaş

3. Merve Ezgi Ablak

Sound Design

1. Perihan Bal

2. Yavuz İsa Keskin