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Unusual Venues
& Incentive Ideas
Okan University
MIMAR SINAN
FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY
Okan Universitesi Tuzla Kampüsü –
Akfırat-Tuzla 34959 İstanbul – TURKEY
P: +90 216 677 16 30
F: +90 216 677 16 47 @: okan@okan.edu.tr, kit@okan.edu.tr
W: www.okan.edu.tr
Number of Meeting Rooms: 8
Total Exhibition Area: 100 sqm
Distance to
Atatürk International Airport: 60 km
Sabiha Gökçen Airport: 4 km
Okan University, one of the most eminent and distinguished
foundation universities in Turkey, has a student body of 15000
and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate programmes.
The university comprises eight faculties, applied and
health sciences schools, three graduate schools and two vocational
schools at three campuses.
Okan University attaches particular importance to its international
programmes. The university actively participates in the
European Union’s Erasmus Programme and is also a member of
ISEP, a worldwide student exchange network of more than 300
universities in 50 countries. Okan University also has numerous
bilateral or multilateral dual degree and exchange protocols with
universities in the USA, Europe, Russia, China and several Eurasian
countries. The university provides its students with facilities
that enrich the campus life. On the campus, there is a sports and
entertainment compound which includes a movie theatre, several
restaurants and cafés, hairdressers and bookstores as well.
Social and cultural activities are considered as integral parts of
education at Okan University. Seminars, conferences and symposia
are organised at the university with the participation of
eminent scholars. Conference venues within the main campus
are as follows:
Bekir Okan Conference Hall: 595 seats
Mevlana Conference Hall: 407 seats
Osman Hamdi Conference Hall: 287 seats
Mimar Sinan Conference Hall: 287 seats
Muhsin Ertuğrul Conference Hall: 287 seats
Prof. Dr. Şule Kut Conference Hall: 280 seats
Prof. Dr. Özer Ertuna Conference Hall: 150 seats
Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi Conference Hall: 90 seats
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Address: Meclisi Mebusan Street
No 24 / Purtelas Hasan Efendi Mh., 34427 Beyoglu/İstanbul
MSFAU Tophane-i Amire Address: Bogazkesen Cad. Defterdar Yokusu
No: 2 Tophane – Beyoglu / İstanbul
P: +90 212 243 20 48
F:+90 212 243 42 92
@: kultur@msgsu.edu.tr
W: www.msgsu.edu.tr
Number of Meeting Rooms: 1 (320 pax)
Total Exhibition Area: 1450 sqm ( totally 3 exhibition areas)
Distance to
Atatürk International Airport: 19 km
Sabiha Gökçen Airport: 41 km
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSU) consists
of three faculties, two Institutes (that cater graduate
level students), the State Conservatory, the Higher
Vocational School and 19 Research and Implementation
Centers.
In addition, the university runs one museum which is
İstanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum and one art
and culture center which is Tophane-i Amire.
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University is located on the European
side of İstanbul and with its various buildings
scattered around the city covers an area of 43,463m2.
Tophane-i Amire Culture and Arts Center is an exhibition
hall complex which consists of 1450 m2. Tophane-i
Amire (The Imperial Factory of Cannons and
Artillery) is thought to have been built around 1453-
1470. The construction was started by Mehmed the
Conqueror and annexes were added during the reigns
of Bayazıd II and Suleiman the Magnificent..
The university also contains a conference hall The
Sedad Hakkı Eldem Oditoryum which consists of 320
seats.
All the buildings of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
are located close to the city center making it easily accessible
by public transportation. Access is possible by
municipal buses, boats, trams, underground and by taxi
from the major junctures of land and sea transportation,
namely from Karakoy, Eminönü, Beşiktaş and Taksim.