The Secretary-General of D-8, Ambassador Dato’ Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari has visited Şehir University on 19th of October 2018 on the invitation of the Dean of the School of Management and Administrative Sciences Department, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Faruk Aysan.

The Secretary-General addressed a large group of academicians and post graduate students at the seminar with the theme “D-8: The Future Economic Powerhouse.” He gave a brief information on the establishment, process and principles of the Organization. He also mentioned that the Organization has started its second life cycle which is the implementation phase with the 9th D-8 Summit held in October 2017 in Istanbul. In this context, he apprised the audience on the new projects proposals of the Organization such as the D-8 International University, D-8 Payment Card and the D-8 Designated Airports. The Secretary General further poınted out that D-8 will be the new Economic Powerhouse by the year 2050, referring to an article issued by the PwC.

The Q&A sessıon was very engagıng with the questions received from the academicians and students on several different areas of interest.

İstanbul Şehir University is one of the most prestigious and leading non- profit foundation universities in Turkey which is currently home to 4992 students, 18 percent of them are international students from different countries.