The monitoring visit conducted by the Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) pursuant to the “Directive on the Authorization of External Evaluation and Accreditation Organizations Operating in Higher Education” took place online on Monday, 5 May 2025.
The first session of the monitoring visit, conducted by YÖKAK Monitoring Officer for ZİDEK Asst. Prof. Dr. Meryem Ayşegül KOZAK ÇAKIR, was attended by ZİDEK Executive Board Chair Prof. Dr. Gökhan SÖYLEMEZOĞLU, ZİDEK Executive Board Vice Chair Prof. Dr. Ayzin KÜDEN, ZİDEK Executive Board Member Prof. Dr. Atilla ERİŞ, ZİDEK Executive Board Treasurer Prof. Dr. H. Güçlü YAVUZCAN, and ZİDEK Executive Board Secretary Prof. Dr. Gürsel DELLAL. During this session, ZİDEK Executive Board Chair Prof. Dr. Gökhan SÖYLEMEZOĞLU delivered a presentation on ZİDEK’s activities in 2024.
The second session was attended by ZAK Chair Prof. Dr. İsmail KARACA, ZAK Vice Chair Prof. Dr. Canan F. ABAY, and ZAK Members Prof. Dr. M. Bülent TORUN, Prof. Dr. Deniz ÇOBAN, Prof. Dr. Doğanay TOLUNAY, Prof. Dr. Halit YETİŞİR, Dr. Züleyha OĞUZ, Agr. Eng. MSc. Reşit UZUNÇAM, Mech. Eng. A. Berker TELEK, Mech. Eng. M. Selami İLERİ, Dr. Nilgün SEZER AKMAN, Prof. Dr. Enver DURMUŞOĞLU and Onurkan ANTEPLİ. They provided information about ZİDEK’s accreditation processes.
The third session, “Committees and Commissions,” was attended by the following representatives: for the Finance Committee, Prof. Dr. Gökhan SÖYLEMEZOĞLU and Prof. Dr. Ayzin KÜDEN, for the Nominating Committee, Prof. Dr. İsmail KARACA and Prof. Dr. Canan F. ABAY, for the Training and Dissemination Committee, Prof. Dr. Ayzin KÜDEN, Prof. Dr. Canan F. ABAY and Prof. Dr. M. Bülent TORUN, for the Criteria Committee, Prof. Dr. Ayzin KÜDEN, Prof. Dr. İsmail KARACA and Prof. Dr. M. Bülent TORUN, for the Continuous Improvement Committee, Prof. Dr. Gökhan SÖYLEMEZOĞLU, Prof. Dr. Ayzin KÜDEN, Prof. Dr. İsmail KARACA and Prof. Dr. Ahmet ÇOLAK, for the Consistency Control Committee, Prof. Dr. İsmail KARACA, Prof. Dr. Canan F. ABAY and Prof. Dr. M. Bülent TORUN, for the English Translation Work Group, Doruk İLGAZ, for the Internationalization Commission, Prof. Dr. Atilla ERİŞ and Prof. Dr. Ece TURHAN, and for the Appeals Committee, Prof. Dr. Uğur BİLGİLİ, Prof. Dr. Ece TURHAN and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Neşe Nuray TOPRAK.
The final session was held with ZİDEK evaluators. It was attended by Prof. Dr. Uğur BİLGİLİ, Prof. Dr. Ece TURHAN, Prof. Dr. Enver DURMUŞOĞLU and Dr. Züleyha OĞUZ, together with student evaluators Onurkan ANTEPLİ and Merve İLHAN. The visit concluded with an evaluation session attended by ZİDEK Executive Board Chair Prof. Dr. Gökhan SÖYLEMEZOĞLU.
