The first guest of the 2021-2022 Fall Term Architecture Talks organized by the Department of Architecture of Istanbul Kultur University was Abdurrahman Çekim from Baraka Architecture. Çekim met with the students and academicians of the Department of Architecture at the Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on Monday, October 11, with her presentation on "Searching, Understanding, Collecting". Students and academics showed great interest in the conference, which was held face-to-face after the pandemic.

Established in 2009 in Kuzguncuk with the partnership of Abdurrahman Çekim and Sevilay Uğur Çekim, "Baraka" has produced considerable projects in housing, hotel, office, school, logistics center etc. In addition, they have won degrees in various national competitions. “Baraka”, which is selective in business and prefers to stay in a boutique range in terms of size, consists of a young and dynamic team like itself.