As part of the 2021-2022 Academic Year Fall Semester events of the Istanbul Kültür University Department of Architecture, a panel titled Participation in Architecture and Planning: Challenges and Opportunities was held on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 15.30. The moderator of the panel was Asst. Prof. Z. Ayşe Gökşin, in which Istanbul City Council President Tülin Hadi, Gazhane Environmental Volunteers Nesrin Uçar and Işık Demirtaş, and Architecture for All Association İbrahim Emre Gündoğdu and Merve Gül Özokcu participated as speakers.

An interactive panel was held at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center on Thursday, December 9, in cooperation with IKU Architecture Club and YapıArch. Burak Pekoğlu and Murat Şahin were guests of the event, and many students from the Department of Architecture attended the event. A certificate of participation was also given to the students at the event.

The article titled "Participatory Approach as an Alternative in Formal Architectural Design Education" co-authored by Assoc. Prof. Yasemin Erkan Yazıcı, Asst. Prof. Zeynep Ayşe Gökşin, Prof. Dr. Evrim Töre, Lecturer Şeyda Şen, Res. Asst. A. Hilal Iavarone, Res. Asst. Berkay Oskay and Res. Asst. Ufuk Küçükyazıcı, academicians of the Department of Architecture, in the 72nd issue of the Mimar.ist published by  the Chamber of Architecture.