Hasan Kalyoncu University (HKU) won the appreciation of visitors with its stand in the exhibition area of the Şahinbey Book Days, organised by Şahinbey Municipality under the theme “Books are life, life is a book” and opening its doors to book lovers for the 6th time. At the book fair, attended by 118 publishers and 70 authors, the stand, located in a central position, brings visitors together with works published by HKU Press as well as books written by HKU academics.
The opening of the 6th Şahinbey Book Days, held at the Şahinbey Congress and Arts Centre, was attended by Minister of Labour and Social Security Prof. Dr. Vedat Işıkhan, Governor of Gaziantep Kemal Çeber, Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Fatma Şahin, Şahinbey Mayor Mehmet Tahmazoğlu, HKU Rector Prof. Dr. Türkay Dereli, Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Mehmet Lütfi Yola and Prof. Dr. Gül Rengin Küçükerdoğan, representatives of stakeholder institutions, academics, and many students and citizens.
Stating that, as HKU, they were delighted to be a stakeholder in such an important event and to present the university’s publications to readers with a stand at the fair, Rector Prof. Dr. Türkay Dereli said: “We will continue to support these events that bring us together with the books that open the doors to success and encourage our society’s reading habit, and to keep updating and developing our library collections. We thank all book lovers who visited the fair and the HKU stand, especially our esteemed ministers and our governor.”
