2015 · 9 May 2015 · Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi
Lifelong Sharing
The first stage. The theme was chosen from the habits we had lost in recent years.
TEDxBahcesehirUniversity
Ideas worth spreading.
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TEDxBahcesehirUniversity is a non-profit student organisation licensed by TED and run entirely by volunteers. The team includes not only Bahçeşehir University students but also alumni, students from other universities, working professionals and retirees.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of discovering and spreading ideas, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxBahcesehirUniversity, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxBahcesehirUniversity event, TED Talks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. Speakers never pay to join a TEDx event. Consideration, speaker coaching and event participation along with attendance are all provided free of charge. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
2015 → 2025
A new concept every year
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2016 · 2 April 2016 · Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi
Be Ready for Change!
2017 · 8 April 2017 · Zorlu PSM
Past & Future
The stage moved to Zorlu PSM, and most talks were published with Turkish subtitles.
2018 · 15 April 2018 · Zorlu PSM Ana Sahne
Possibilities
“A day full of endless possibilities” at Zorlu PSM.
2019 · 6 April 2019 · Zorlu PSM Ana Sahne
Breaking Point
Fifth year. Three sessions: Be Aware · Demand Change · Towards the Future with Hope, Together.
2021 · May 2021
My Way
Most of the speakers announced for 2020 met on this stage a year later, and the event reached its audience through a live stream.
2022 · 18 June 2022 · Zorlu PSM
Another Place
NFTs, the metaverse, crypto, nutrition and health science. The seventh event, on how technology changes the world and the human soul.
2024 · 4 May 2024 · BAU Güney Kampüs · Fazıl Say Salonu
Beyond Boundaries
Future tech, culture, law, engineering and gastronomy: talks that look beyond boundaries.
2025 · 3 May 2025 · Fazıl Say Konferans Salonu
What Is Our Priority?
A society's progress is directly tied to how it sets its priorities.
94 speakers
2015
Son Feci Bisiklet
“Lost Galaxies”
2015
Demet Atagün
“Is Another School Possible?”
2015
Ece Çiftçi
“Don't Be a Bystander, Volunteer”
2015
Hakan Elbir
“Where There Is Dialogue, There Is No Darkness”
2015
İbrahim Betil
“Come Along”
2015
Özcan Bostancı
“Chasing a Dream”
2016
Barış Özcan
“Once in Seven Years”
2016
Cem Seymen
“Success Is in the Nature of "Turkish Youth"!”
2016
Enes Kutluca
“Inspiration Comes. Will You Follow Through?”
2016
Berke Sarpaş
“Entrepreneurship Is Our Life”
2016
Ercan Altuğ Yılmaz
“Gamify It”
2016
Merve Öztürk
“Whole and Perfect”
2017
Zeynep Selvili Çarmıklı
“The Cruelest Voice!”
2017
Nazlı Çelik
“More Than 60 Seconds”
2017
Banu Çiftçi
“Woman.”
2017
Emre Danacı
“Small Choices Make Big Changes”
2017
İbrahim Selim
“Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”
2017
Mehmet Ali Makbuloğlu
“The 21st-Century Child”
2018
Şerif Kaynar
“12 Magic Keys to Success”
2018
Ozan Bingöl
“Taxes Grow on This Land!”
2018
Ali Faruk Göksu
“The Reality of Earthquakes and the Green Way”
2018
Ali Sermet Taşdöğen
“The Trust We Need: Blockchain”
2018
Elif Güngör Reis
“What Will End Food Terror?”
2018
İbrahim Selim
“Heaven's Second Basement”
2019
Aykut Kadir Kurt
“Do You Want to Be a Hero?”
2019
Didem Kalaycıoğlu Birol
“Someone Is Watching Us”
2019
Güray Ervin
“Stories Behind the Camera”
2019
Serhat Ünal
“No Shame: We Need to Talk About This”
2019
Tanem Sivar Dirvana
“A Life, Not Property!”
2019
Umay Yılmaz
“My Plan to Save the World”
2019
Yunus Sezener
“Would You Like to Fall in Love with Yourself?”
2019
Chromas
“Music Adds Colour (1)”
2021
Benan Kepsutlu
“Don't Be Afraid to Ask”
2021
Celil Sadık
“Art Is a Reaction”
2021
Meltem Pırıl Şenol
“Finding Your Way in the Diet Universe”
2021
Süleyman Özbek
“Just Rheumatology, Just Love”
2022
Azra Bulut
“From IV Pole to Skateboard!”
2022
Berceste Şeber
“In Sport, Mental Toughness Makes the Difference!”
2022
Can Kayacılar
“What Food Will Fill Our Baskets in the Future?”
2022
Haluk Zülfikar
“Lasting Deviations Rule the Average!”
2022
Senem Seven
“I Turned a Water Key into an Invention!”
2024
Cem Ergül
“Cybersecurity Beyond Borders”
2024
Tolga Erman
“Beyond Borders | My Only Option Is “Me””
2025
Büşra Dursun
“What Is Our Priority?”
2025
Ferit Ömeroğlu
“What Is Our Priority?”
2025
Yağız Oral
“What Is Our Priority?”
2015
Ali Can Erk
“Are 3D Printers the Third Industrial Revolution?”
2015
Deniz Dündar
“Insufficient Balance”
2015
Efe Işıldaksoy
“Minds Are Always Mixed Up”
2015
Hakan Mengüç
“Everything You Do with Your Heart Comes Back to You”
2015
MUSTAFA BALKAYA
“The Purest Form of Sharing”
2015
Semih Yalman
“It's Time to Talk About Dreams”
2016
Selin Ünal
“If You Were?”
2016
Cihan Nalbant
“f(student) = robot”
2016
Yaman Ömer Erzurumlu
“Is the Painter Right?”
2016
Kadir Memiş
“Zeyb(r)e(a)k”
2016
Alper Almelek
“Leadership and Shakespeare”
2016
Esra Öz
“Getting Health Journalism Right”
2017
Emre Başkan
“Don't Be Late, Take Action!”
2017
Garip Ay
“Serendipity”
2017
Cem Seymen
“Our Only Hope Is to Believe in Young People”
2017
Zafer Elçik
“Be a Voice for Democratic Education”
2017
Arda Deniz Dokuzoğlu
“How Do You Hack Life?”
2017
Kadir Memiş & Nevzat Akpınar
“Zeybreak Performance”
2018
Ebru Baki
“Her Name Is Woman, Her Self Is Strength”
2018
Özlem Kaymaz
“Unconditional Love”
2018
Dilara Alkan
“Don't Stay Silent, Stand Up to Abuse!”
2018
Nevzat Sayın
“The Architecture of Possibility”
2018
Günseli Kato
“East of the East, at the Heart of Art”
2018
Tal Garih
“Those Who Shape the Future Believe in Change!”
2019
Buket Ela Demirel
“My Journey to Find Myself”
2019
Erkin Şahinöz
“Is Geography Destiny?”
2019
Merve Ayyüce Kızrak
“AI and People, Hand in Hand”
2019
Şerif Kaynar
“Tips for Catching Luck Rockets”
2019
Uluç Kadıoğlu
“To Harvard with Worms”
2019
Vittorio (Vito) Zagaia
“Staying Takes Courage!”
2019
Zümra Atalay
“Here and Now”
2021
Atlas Sarrafoğlu
“There Is No Planet B!”
2021
Can Hasasu
“Both Sides of the Border”
2021
Erkin Şahinöz
“Let's Act for Growth!”
2021
Nurdeniz Tuncer
“My Companion on the Road”
2022
Ayşıl Susuzlu
“Living to Forget”
2022
Başak Ozan Özparlak
“AI Is a Child of Humanity!”
2022
Bora Erdamar
“The Metaverse Needs a Guide”
2022
Emine Saraç
“A Different Look at Cancer Diagnosis”
2022
Kadir Kuru
“Chasing Billion-Dollar Knowledge”
2024
Bergen Coşkun Özüaydın
“Culture Beyond Borders”
2024
Serhat Demir
“Careers Beyond Borders”
2025
Armağan Amcalar
“What Is Our Priority?”
2025
Ebru Kavak
“What Is Our Priority?”
2025
Oktay Çomak
“What Is Our Priority?”
How a year unfolds
1/7September
Team recruitment
Hundreds apply every year: application form, tests and an interview. Every form is read one by one.
2/7Autumn
Concept & departments
The curator and team leads set the year's concept. Speakers, Content & Social, Partnerships and IT teams get to work.
3/7Winter
Finding speakers
Ideas worth spreading are picked from suggestions sent in through the form and from the team's own research.
4/7Feb – Mar
Salon events
Smaller, more intimate Salon gatherings come before the main stage.
5/7March
Rehearsals
Speakers rehearse with the team and get feedback at every round.
6/7April
Stage day
The main event takes place: at Zorlu PSM from 2017 to 2022, and at BAU's Fazıl Say Hall since 2024.
7/7After
Ideas spread
Talks go up on YouTube, and volunteer TED translators add subtitles.
A story built by volunteers
127+
volunteers named in the archive
Departments
- Speakers
- Content & Social Media
- Partnerships
- Information Technology
Curators / Organizers
- Batuhan Çevik2015 – 2019
- Mert Torun2021
- Ecenur Aslan2022
- Mina Dündar & Ece Esra Güngör2024 – 2025
Salon events
Smaller, closer gatherings between main stages: TEDxBahcesehirUniversitySalon.
Source: ted.com ↗3 March 2017
Design Thinking
BAU C Teras
Source: ted.com ↗3 February 2018
Technology
Shangri-La Bosphorus
5 June 2018
Touch
BAU C Teras
- Ebru Baki · Courage Is a Single Spark
Hakan Elbir · Learning Comes Through Encounters
Ömer Ongun · Intercultural Dialogue and Prejudice- Prof. Dr. Serhat Ünal · It's Not AIDS That Kills, It's Exclusion
13 March 2019
Open Your Eyes
Zorlu PSM Studio
- Ali Sermet Taşdöğen · Connect to Life Through Blockchain
Ayhan Sicimoğlu · Open Your Eyes to the World!
Engin Grantepe · Live Life with Full Marks!- Özlem Kaymaz
