IASON+ Project 2025 Spring Fieldwork Successfully Consucted in Kızılırmak Delta
From May 29 to 31, 2025, the IASON+ Project carried out its spring fieldwork in the Kızılırmak Delta. The primary objective of this fieldwork was to monitor Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and assess their impacts on ecosystem services within the region. The study aims to identify distribution patterns of selected IAS and evaluate their ecological influences.
This fieldwork is part of a two-year initiative under the IASON+ framework, designed to provide long-term insights into the dynamics of IAS in the delta.
The research team included Prof. Dr. Fatma Telli Karakoç, Prof. Dr. Coşkun Erüz, Prof. Dr. Ali Muzaffer Feyzioğlu, Prof. Dr. Hacer Sağlam, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rafet Çağrı Öztürk, Dr. Ahmet Şahin, Dr. İlknur Yıldız, graduate student Melike Tüysüz, and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Aydın from Ordu University Fatsa Faculty of Fisheries.
02 June 2025
The IASON+ Project was featured on the Marine Culture program of TRT Trabzon radio on June 3rd, 2025
10 June 2025
BlacNETs project workshop training observed from Interreg TESIM NEXT and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate of EU Affairs
26 May 2025
The ?Northern Kids Love Fish? project exhibition at Prof. İhsan Koz Primary School showcased the collaboration between BlackNETs and LitOUTer, featuring marine litter awareness material
19 May 2025
In May 2025, the IASON+ project team attended a Biodiversa+ workshop at the Central Fisheries Research Institute to strengthen skills in monitoring non-indigenous fish
19 May 2025
On 14 May 2025, Prof. Dr. Coşkun Erüz presented the impacts of marine litter, ghost nets, and ALDFG on the Black Sea ecosystem at the Blue Economy and Future workshop.
19 May 2025
Trabzon Ortahisar Municipality and BlackNETs Join Forces to Engage Yomra Fishermen in Environmental Awareness Meeting.
19 May 2025
As part of the BAP-13 2EKO project, the spring 2025 research expedition was successfully conducted on May 7?8 aboard the KTÜ Denar-1 research vessel.
12 May 2025
On 29-30 April 2025, educational workshops were held as part of the BlackNETs project "Exorcising the Black Sea's Silent Killers", in collaboration with the One Project per School
05 May 2025
Our department chair Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ was awarded a grant under the Horizon Partnership Programme for SBEP (Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership).
05 May 2025
Head of our department Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ's project titled Variation and Modelling of Underwater Ambient Noise Level in Different Environments in Eastern Black Sea Coasts
28 April 2025
Prof. Dr. Hacer Sağlam was awarded support under the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme for cross-border cooperation in the Black Sea region.
21 April 2025
The BlackNETs Project workshop and partner meeting was held in Varna, Bulgaria April 10-11 2025
14 April 2025
One of our department's academic Prof. Dr. Coşkun ERÜZ discussed on Climate Change and Mountain Meteorology: Avalanches and Extreme Events
14 April 2025
Within the scope of the ?BlackNETs: Let?s Protect the Black Sea from Silent Killers!? project, primary school students learned about the devastating impact of ghost nets on the marine
31 March 2025