Opening speech of the program, starting in the 125th Anniversary Amphitheater, was delivered by Rector's Assistant Prof. Recep Bozdoğan PhD. Mehteran Show was performed by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mehter Team after the opening demonstrations of Folk Dances. Atatürk Education Faculty Fine Arts Department Instructor  Prof. Zekeriya Başarslan gave a concert, and Turkic Studies Institute, SKSDB Public Lecture Course Students, M.U. Folklore Club Communities and the People's Folklore Communities exhibited a Folk Dance show.  the European Union Institute organized  The Marmara European Week Event. The Geography Club, besides, organized Anthropogenic Geomorphology  and Istanbul conference in which T. Ahmet Ertek participated as speaker. The first day of the activities was completed with Servet Somuncuoğlu's "Sibirya’dan Anadoluy’ya Taştaki Türkler’’  photography exhibition organized by the Institute of Turkic Studies on the entrance floor of the Faculty of  Arts and Sciences.