In cooperation with Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University and Sıtkı Koçman Foundation, Sıtkı Davut Koçman, 1st National Painting Competition was held. Sıtkı Davut Koçman 1st National Painting Competition Award Ceremony and Competition Exhibition Opening were held with intense participation.
127 participants, who received art education at different universities in Turkey, sent a total of 234 works to the Sıtkı Davut Koçman 1st National Painting Competition.
The works, in the first stage, were subjected to the evaluation of the Competition Selection Committee, whose members are Prof. Dr. Lale Altınkurt, Prof. Dr. Erhun Şengül, Prof.Dr. Musa Köksal, Assoc. Prof. Abdullah Cem Özal and Dr. İnci Bulut Kılıç. Then a total of 35 works were selected, including 3 Achievement Awards, 3 Honorable Mention Awards and 29 exhibitions.
The works of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University student Ali Duman, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University student Cumali Can Yitiz and Süleyman Demirel University student Sedat Gökçe were awarded the Achievement Award; The works of Atatürk University student İbrahim Deniz Tavlıbıyık, Hacettepe University student Sultan Eyyup Kayhan and Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University student Tugay Yıldırım were deemed worthy of the Honorable Mention Award.
The award ceremony and exhibition opening of the competition took place in the exhibition area of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Rectorate Building Mulaj Museum. Within the framework of the ceremony, the awards were presented to the students who received the Achievement Award and Honorable Mention Award in the competition by the Rector of our University, Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sıtkı Koçman Foundation Alan Perese.