At the opening of the meeting, Vice Rector of Marmara University  Professor Mustafa Kurt  said the aim of the workshop was to provide equal opportunities in education. He talked about the works and the services made for this purpose. Lecturer  Zuhal Pek started the workshop with a speech on the purpose of the workshop. She said in her speech that the basic problem of university students with hearing impairments is that they cannot obtain the necessary equipment in their past education lives. In addition, the branche teachers who do not know the sign language as a support language  is a serious problem, he added.  He pointed out the necessity of giving sign language lessons to prospective teachers who are raised in education faculties. In the end of his speech, he said TID formation should be taken into action for standardization and improvement. At the end of the workshop, a decision to start the development and improvement activities about the subject was taken by forming  a working group.

The workshop was attended by Sabire Nur Banu Öztüre, representing the Presidency, İbrahim Demirdöğen, representing the General Directorate of Special Education and Rehabilitation of the Ministry of Education, Yasemin Sağlam, representing the Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Education, Sibel Mutluer from the Provincial Directorate of Family Work and Social Services,  Sevgi Yüksel, General Secretary of Association People With Hearing Impairment and Their Families; Banu Yazıcı from the School of Foreign Languages , Lecturer Dr. Murat Tan from TÖMER,  Professor Sumru Özsoy from Boğaziçi University, Hale Ersöz and Ahu Şahin from Bahçeşehir TİD Educators, TİD Instructor Ceren Ay from İstanbul Aydın University,  Tuğçe Elender and Helena Özsever from Şişli Association of People With Hearing Impairment,  Damla İşeri from DEM Association, Deaf Educators Onur Ayıhan and Nevzat Kırkıç, CODA Translators Neslihan Kurt and Ahmet Kavak.