When we set out to establish the Bulut Education Foundation, our goal was to explain that a bright future can only rise on the glorious legacy of the past, that the road to the goal can be traveled much faster if we act with a sense of history, and to realize a university that reminds our young people of all this with its name. For this reason, our name is Galata University.
We all know that man's effort to understand the universe in which he lives and his instinct to further his own individual development, that is, the age in which science and education took their first steps, is as old as the history of mankind.
Mankind has come a long way since then. It has profoundly and incredibly changed and transformed life, human beings and the environment; it has made a fascinating journey from primitive society to the age of technology and knowledge. Building the modern world, humankind's adventure of progress continues, and curiosity and the passion for discovery have always been the keys to this development.
This is precisely why; as a person who believes in education and the power of people, I founded Istanbul Galata University with the belief that investing in human education is investing in the future of the world waiting to be discovered.
“The main purpose of education is to make children aware of their own abilities,” says Erich Fromm. My dream in founding Istanbul Galata University was to create an environment that would make this possible. My dream was to create an educational environment that recognizes that each student is first and foremost an individual, equipped with unique talents, and that allows them to discover their own limits.
I believe that universities have to create an effective system to prepare their students for life, and they have to realize that meeting students' expectations, that is, respecting students, is the first step to success. This is what I want to do here. To think, decide and move forward together with young people as we prepare them for the future. We know that Academia first and foremost requires a free environment, and creativity can only flourish in free environments. The brains that will create the innovative inventions that carry us into the future need education and freedom.
I am aware that young people want a different world. Research shows that young people consider doing what they love more important than the money they earn. I am aware that there is a strong generation that puts freedom before wealth. We want to create an opportunity for these young people, our students, to hold on to the future more firmly with education and to do what they want freely.
The basic elements of quality in education are specialization, distancing from populism, continuity in quality practices, strong infrastructure and continuity of R&D studies. Success in higher education is only possible with a strong combination of these. The qualified education students will receive will increase their self-confidence. There is nothing that students with self-confidence cannot achieve, this is the most important source of motivation. We want to raise young people who believe in themselves.
Under the guidance of scientific understanding; I believe that a University that is the gateway to research and science, continuous development and progress with the age we live in, continuous communication and cooperation with the global world and achieving high goals will open the door to the world they dream of. This is my ideal.

NİLÜFER BULUT
Chairman of the Board of Trustees