
In line with the decision taken by the Governorship of Istanbul due to adverse weather conditions, Istanbul Technical University, Yıldız Technical University, Health Sciences University and many private universities took a one-day break from their educational activities and continued their classes online.
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Istanbul Governorship made the decision due to the adverse weather conditions throughout the province.
In the statement made on the social media account of Istanbul Technical University (ITU), it was stated that education activities will continue hybrid and online on Friday, October 16, considering the city-wide effects of the disaster and the difficulties that students living in dormitories in different regions may encounter and transportation to campuses.
In the statement made by Yıldız Technical University (YTU), it was stated that in line with the decision taken by the Governorship due to the adverse weather conditions affecting the province, face-to-face education activities were suspended for 1 day tomorrow and classes will continue online.
In the statement made by the University of Health Sciences, "In line with the decision taken by the Istanbul Governorship due to adverse weather conditions, the 1-day break given to face-to-face education activities in our university's education units in Istanbul on Thursday, October 15th has been extended for another day to include Friday, October 16th." expressions were used.
It was also announced that education was suspended for one day at Bahçeşehir, Bilgi, Üsküdar, Kültür, Acıbadem, Aydın, Bezmialem, Topkapı, Beykoz, Gedik, Gelişim, Yeni Yüz Yıl, Medipol, Ticaret, İstinye, Sağlık ve Teknoloji, Rumeli, Demiroğlu Bilim ve Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation universities and the Vocational School of Health and Social Sciences.
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