A special panel is being organized at the Yeniboğaziçi Cultural Center in observance of World Environment Day on June 5, through a collaboration between the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Urban Research and Development Center (URDC) and the Community Involvement Center, in partnership with two civil society organizations: the Yeniboğaziçi Women’s Association (YEKAD) and the Famagusta Women’s Center Association (MAKAMER).

 To strengthen awareness and support for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within our university, the Urban Research and Development Center , in collaboration with the SDGs Student Club, has launched an exciting new social media campaign!This initiative aims not only to promote sustainability across our campus but also to enhance EMU’s visibility and performance in global university rankings related to sustainability.We kindly invite you to follow our social media accounts and don’t forget to like, share, and comment to help spread the word. We will share posts every Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday.Together, let’s be a voice for a more sustainable future! 🌍💙Links to Social media accounts:

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 As the Urban Research and Development Center of Eastern Mediterranean University, we would like to invite you to the seminar we are organizing this year for April 18 – ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites, which we have been celebrating since 2011 through various events to raise public awareness, contribute scientifically to conservation and restoration efforts in the country, and provide additional support to the education of undergraduate and graduate students studying in architecture and urban design.

For our highly anticipated second session, we’re bringing you an enriching LIVE Seminar on ‘Architecture & Innovation!’Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Assoc. Prof. Dr. Almula Köksal Işıkkaya and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tuğçe Ercan from Yıldız Technical University as they explore cutting-edge trends shaping the future of architecture and innovation.
Get ready for a stimulating and thought-provoking discussion that will expand your perspective!
📅 Date: Monday, 14th April 2025
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM (Cyprus)
📍 Hosted by DAUSEN & Eastern Mediterranean University Urban Research and Development Center (URDC).

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Kickstarting our first session, we bring you an insightful LIVE Webinar on the European Green Deal and UN Sustainability Goals Overview & Framework! Join Prof. Dr. Hatice Camgöz Akdağ from Istanbul Technical University as we explore strategies for a more sustainable future.

📅 Date: Tuesday, 25th March 2025
⏰ Time:🇨🇾 9:00 AM (Cyprus)
🇹🇷 10:00 AM (Turkey)
🇪🇺 8:00 AM (CET)

📍 Hosted by Eastern Mediterranean University Urban Research and Development Center (URDC)🔗 Scan the QR code to join!​

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We support women in public space!​
In honour of International Women’s Day, we will host an Open Discussion Event with the contribution of the Association for Historical Dialogue & Research (AHDR), who will present their project and book: ‘A Space of Our Own: A Handbook on Gender and Monuments in Intersectional Public Spaces’The EMU-URDC (Eastern Mediterranean University Urban Research and Development Center), DAU-SEN (eastern Mediterranean University Academic Personnel Trade Union), and (Cyprus Turkish Teachers Trade Union) KTOS co-organised the event to emphasise SDG 11.7: “Provide access to safe and inclusive green and public spaces. By 2030, ensure universal access to safe, inclusive, and accessible green and public spaces, particularly for women, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities.” You can reach the details of the handbook through: ​https://www.ahdr.info/project/a-space-of-our-own-2/
The event, which will be conducted jointly and in English, will take place on Thursday, March 6, 2025, from 16:30 to 17:30 at DAÜ-SEN Local. Faculty members and students are expected to attend the event.​

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 Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Urban Research and Development Center (KENT-AG), Ufuk Planning, Kyrenia Municipality (GB), the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Engineers and Architects (KTMMOB), the Chamber of City Planners (KTMMOB-CP), and the Chamber of Architects (KTMMOB-A) are organizing the "City Forest Life Workshop: Multidisciplinary Spatial Planning Training" in collaboration. 

The event will be held between February 18-22, 2025, at Kyrenia Municipality and aims to bring together students and academics from various disciplines to develop future urban planning solutions.

In this event, Prof. Dr. Şebnem Hoşkara, Head of DAÜ KENT-AG Center, Faculty Member of the Faculty of Architecture at EMU, and Coordinator of Campus Services at EMU, along with the Board of Directors of DAÜ KENT-AG Center and Faculty Members of the Faculty of Architecture at EMU, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nevter Zafer Cömert, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Müge Rıza, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Pınar Uluçay, will be the speakers.

Students and Expert Trainers Will Meet In the training, 16 students from the Department of Architecture at EMU, as well as selected students from the Departments of City and Regional Planning, Forestry Engineering, and Landscape Architecture at universities in Turkey, will participate along with expert trainers. ​​​​

To celebrate World Habitat Day and World Architecture Day on 7th October 2024,  EMU URDC has prepared and shared social media posts and Prof.Dr. Şebnem Hoşkara, the Director of EMU URDC, has made a public statement in a local newspaper emphasising the role of the young generation, participation, and urban design for the future of cities and environments.

 https://ozgurgazetekibris.com/kibris/153694-dunya-habitat-ve-dunya-mimarlik-gunu.html ​

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 The EMU Urban Research and Development Center organized an end-of-semester event in DAUSEN LOCAL on Tuesday, June 4th, 2024. It was an 'urban sketching workshop' and exhibition performed by Miss Jeiran Olyanasab, a PhD candidate in the EMU Faculty of Communications. After Miss Olyanasab's brief seminar, EMU students participated in the workshop and experienced 'sketching' as a means of visual expression. The event was hosted by DAUSEN, the Academic Trade Union of EMU-LOCAL, and the exhibition was open between June 4th - 8th, 2024.

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 April 22 is Earth Day, first organized in the United States (USA) 1970 as an awareness day. It was suggested by activist John McConnell and organized by environmentalist Denis Hayes, who is known for his efforts to popularize the use of solar energy.

Due to increasing global environmental problems and natural disasters, Earth Day, which has transcended the USA and turned into an internationally celebrated day in more than 200 countries since 1990, is organized by the Washington-based Earth Day Network.​ Read More

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World Cities Day brings Urban October to an end on 31 October each year and was first celebrated in 2014. As with World Habitat Day, a global observance is held in a different city each year and focuses on a specific theme.On 31 October 2023, the Global Observance of World Cities Day, under the theme  'Financing a Sustainable Urban Future for All', will explore how we can unlock transformative investment in urban planning and achieve adequate fiscal decentralization.
You may reach the concept note of World Cities Day 2023 through the link below:

Concept Note of World Cities Day 2023​

 We must educate and empower girls! We must stand up against harassment! We must advocate and work for breaking inequalities and create just environments for all! #genderequality #reducinginequalities

 The Director of the Center for Urban Research and Development (DAU KENT-AG) at the Eastern Mediterranean University, Prof. Dr. Şebnem Hoşkara, issued a message on the World Habitat Day 2023.  In her message, Prof. Dr. Hoşkara said: Read More

 Eastern Mediterranean University Urban Research and Development Center (EMU-URDC) Executive Board Member and EMU Faculty of Architecture academic staff member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ege Uluca Tümer released a statement on the rehabilitation of Kyrenia Harbour Street. The statement reads as follows: Read More

 On 1 June World Children's Day, Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, in collaboration with EMU Academic Trade Union (DAUSEN), EMU Faculty of Tourism, and EMU Urban Research and Development Center (URDC), prepared a social responsibility project in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Read More

 The beach cleaning activity proposed and developed by the students within the scope of the elective course titled ARCH 320, The UN Sustainable Development Goals: An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Future of Our Planet, carried out in the Department of Architecture, was held on the morning of June 8, 2023, as part of 5 June World Environment Day.   Read More

 The #EarthDay is a reminder that we all have a role to play in protecting our common home and making peace #WithNature. Let us conserve energey, let us plant trees, let us reduce, reuse, recyle. Let us start today!“Let us all do our part to protect our common home for the sake of people and planet right now, and for the generations to come." UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres #people #planet #conserve #recycle #reuse #reduce #produce

Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Urban Research and Development Center (URDC) Executive Board Vice Director and EMU Architecture Faculty, Department of Architecture academic staff member Assist. Prof. Dr. Pınar Uluçay Righelato made a statement on the occasion of Earth Day 2023. The statement reads as follows:​ Read More​

 We have organized a panel discussion and an exhibition on 22 March 2023 to celebrate International Women's Day where 5 women architects' accomplishments were commemorated and honored in a panel discussion to raise awareness about gender disparities in the architectural profession. After the panel, an exhibition to celebrate the works of another 5 women designers was opened. The event was organized by KENT-AG and KEDAM, hosted by the Faculty of Architecture and was in Turkish. Read More​

 The 'Nicosia Turkish Municipality Terminal Area - Urban Renewal, Improvement, and Design Project' prepared by the Eastern Mediterranean University Urban Research and Development Center (EMU URDC) in line with the demand from the Nicosia Turkish Municipality, Read More

 Within the scope of 3 December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Urban Research and Development Center (EMU URDC) presented the “Barrier-Free Access Award" to business corporations located at Famagusta İsmet İnönü Boulevard, which are “accessible without the help of a second person" for individuals with special needs. Read More

World Children's Day is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide and improve children's welfare. The day devoted to children was ​​​​established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day. Read More​

 Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Urban Research and Development Center (EMU URDC) released a statement on the occasion of 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The statement reads as follows: Read More

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Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Urban Research and Development Center (URDC) organized an awareness event on social media to draw attention to the problems in cities as part of the 8 November World Town Planning Day organizations. The event, which was held in collaboration with EMU TV, covers a news bulletin sketch shot with EMU graduate Aygün Kencer. Read More

World Cities Day is the last day of Urban October on the 31st October each year and was first celebrated in 2014. Aglobal observance is held in a different city each year, and the day focuses on a specific theme, just like World Habitat Day.​Read More

 Every October, UN-Habitat (UN-HABITAT) and its partners organize a month of events and discussions on urban sustainability. The events, which start with World Habitat (Human Settlements) Day on the first Monday of October every year, and end with World Cities Day on October 31, are called Urban October. Read More

 With the contributions of the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Rector's Office and EMU Urban Research and Development Center (URDC), the “Art and Culture Tour" for youngsters who live in the countryside was organized within the scope of Famagusta Ravelin Lions Club's 1st Ravelin Youth Event. Read More

On International Museum Day, May 18th, 2022, we celebrate "public space" concentrating on the power of museums for sustainable development goals and public spaces. We would like to explore the potential of museums to enrich public space through art and education and to achieve sustainability by adding a positive change in their communities."Museums have the power to transform the world around us. As incom​​parable places of discovery, they teach us about our past and open our minds to new ideas — two essential steps in building a better future." (ICOM, 2022)​. Read More

 Eastern Mediterranean University Urban Research and Development Center (EMU URDC) in collaboration with EMU Faculty of Architecture, organised an awareness event under the title “CALL FOR ACTION: We are SDGs!". Read More​