Our department students, History Department Faculty Members, and our Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Dalgar participated in an environmental cleaning event around the Faculty of Science and Letters on December 14, 2023, to draw attention to environmental pollution and raise awareness. Other department professors and students from the Faculty of Science and Letters also participated in the event, which saw a high turnout. Emphasizing sustainability at the event, Rector Dalgar said, “There is a sustainability criterion in national and international accreditation programs for universities. Environmental sustainability is as important a criterion for universities as the sustainability of educational programs. This is an important issue both in university accreditation and in international university rankings. We will document these kinds of events frequently and record them to rise in accreditation processes and university rankings. Apart from these processes, we organized this event especially to increase our students' environmental awareness. These activities will continue in other faculties as well. Additionally, we are continuing our efforts to arrange the environment around the Faculty of Science and Letters, where students spend a lot of time, and to create more livable campus areas where students can spend more time. If we link the issue to the international university index, a livable campus is again an important criterion in universities. All these are also determining factors in our policies and strategies. These activities will be carried out frequently from now on. I thank all our students.”