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, master student Melike Tüysüz, and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Aydın from Ordu University Fatsa Faculty of Fisheries.
02 June 2025
At the end of 2025,
05 January 2026
On December 11, 2025, our academicians visited Hami Yıldırım Primary School to provide marine science education.
29 December 2025
Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ at the Great Black Sea Forum Panel on December 12 2025
15 December 2025
Department of Marine Science and Technology Engineering 2025 External Stakeholder Meeting was held on December 3rd 2025
08 December 2025
Prof. Dr. Coşkun ERÜZ and Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ participated in the IASON+ Project Regional Workshop and Partner Meeting.
17 November 2025
Our Academicians Prof. Dr. Coşkun ERÜZ and Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ attended the BlackNETs Project Workshop and Partner Meeting held in Constanta, hosted by Mare Nostrum on 3-4 Nov
10 November 2025













