The Traditional University-City Meeting, which was made traditional by the Rectorate of KAEU, was held again after a two-year break due to the pandemic. Kırşehir Deputy-Governor İsmail Çetinkaya, Chief Public Prosecutor Ömer Faruk Yurdagül, Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, Vice-Rectors Prof. Dr. Ahmet Gökbel and Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kurt, Secretary-General Mehmet Zeki Küçük, deans, heads of departments, school principals, academic and administrative staff, students, and people of Kırşehir participated in the University-City Meeting event, which started in Cacabey Square on May 24, 2022 and will last for two days. 
Rector Karakaya: “Universities Have Four Duties: Education, Training, Research-Development, and Social Contribution”
Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya made the opening speech of the 4th Traditional University-City Meeting and said that universities are universal institutions and that they transform the knowledge and experience they receive from all over the world into benefits in their cities and then in their countries. Rector Karakaya also stated that universities have four important duties: education, training, research development, and social contribution, and he noted that Kırşehir Ahi Evran University provides social contribution with its pilot university projects. Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya gave information about the pilot university process of KAEU and the projects implemented in this process. Karakaya continued his speech: “Kırşehir Ahi Evran University was among the top 5 universities among 41 universities in 2016 within the scope of the Regional Development-Oriented Mission Differentiation and Specialization Project. As a university, we have been carrying out six pilot projects since 2016, which could be regarded as a social contribution. Three of these projects, which we carry out under the headings of regional development and specialization, are in the field of agriculture and the other three are in the field of health. We have made significant contributions to Kırşehir and our country with the Clustering Project in Thermal Greenhouses, the Walnut Focused Growth and Development Project, and the Roughage Production Project, which are among our projects in the field of agriculture. With the Roughage Production Project, we have shown that it contributes to the cultivation of forage crops and animal husbandry in our province, greenhouse cultivation in Kırşehir with the Clustering in Thermal Greenhouses project, and more efficient and healthy walnut production in our province with the Walnut Focused Growth and Development Project. Evaluating the projects carried out in the field of health, Rector Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya explained that their primary goal is to make Kırşehir a leading city in health tourism. Emphasizing that they took this step with the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital, Rector Karakaya stated that the Geothermal Source Rehabilitation Center (JEOKAREM), Traditional and Complementary Medicine Center (GETAT), and Athlete Health Research, Application, and Thermal Rehabilitation Center (SAUTER) are operating in the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital. 
Rector Karakaya: “We aim to Raise a Well-Educated Youth who Benefits the Society and who is Complete with his Morals and Skills”
Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, who said that another work of KAEU within the scope of social contribution duties is on quality studies, stated that they achieved significant success by working devotedly on quality processes and that the quality management system software of KAEU was registered as the "Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS)". Emphasizing that they also include education and training in their quality processes, Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya added that they set an example for the whole country by obtaining the patent of the Ahi Competence-Based Digital Education Project (AYDEP), which is the national software of KAEU and guarantees quality in education. Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya said: “We received the national patent of AYDEP, and we continue to work on the international patent.”. Karakaya added that quality studies continue uninterruptedly, and Kırşehir Ahi Evran University has the Full Institutional Accreditation Certificate given by the Higher Education Quality Council of Turkey (THEQC) for five years. Rector Karakaya emphasized that thanks to the Full Institutional Accreditation Certificate, KAEU would be one of the universities that would prefered by many students by being among the quality universities in the preference lists. Rector Karakaya continued his speech :"As a whole, the city and the university make a great effort to fulfill the missions imposed on the university. We aim to bring out a well-educated youth who benefit the society, who is complete with their morals and skills. This goal has been our duty. We are trying to do this properly.”.
After the opening speech of Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, the protocol team visited the unit stands of our university. Deputy-Governor İsmail Çetinkaya, Chief Public Prosecutor Ömer Faruk Yurdagül, Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, and the protocol team, who received information about each stand, chatted with the stand staff.
After the stand visits, Faculty of Sports Sciences presented a folk dance show. In the continuation of the show, which was enjoyed by the audience, the Brother Countries Show organized by the Foreign Relations Office took place. Our foreign students recited the poems of their own countries, sang their music, and staged their dances. After the poetry, music, and dance performances, Rector Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya offered Ahi Pilaw to the participants.
During the program, the Music Concert of the Band Tam Dörtlü, the Rock Concert of the Band Vaveyla and the Kırşehir Folk Songs Concert of the Neşet Ertaş Faculty of Fine Arts were canceled after the Ministry of National Defense was informed that 4 soldiers were martyred and 3 soldiers were injured in the conflict in Operation Pençe-Kilit. Our unit stands remained open for the visitors. We wish God's mercy on our martyrs and a quick recovery to our wounded soldiers on this sad news. Condolences to the great Turkish Nation.
