Nowadays, universities, which are the production centers of science and art, are defined as a model of public space with their large campuses. At the international level, both universities and many innovative, entrepreneurial, technological institutions design science, art and production centers and increase the visibility of the knowledge and experience they produce.

As an example of public space, works of art have been playing an important role in the design of campus spaces. There is a greater need for works of art that will provoke creativity in these environments. It is an important step to include artistic and plastic elements while designing the campus environment, where we are in constant interaction with internal/external stakeholders.

With this project, which was implemented in the light of all these determinations, it was important to equip the campus area with artistic elements, to reinforce the corporate identity and sense of belonging, which is one of the main aims of the project, and to create a new campus model. In addition, the way to increase cultural and social richness by equipping campus areas with visual plastic elements is also through artistic production.

With the foresight that increasing the cultural and artistic environments will bring vitality, dynamism and mobility to the Tınaztepe campus, it was aimed to create meeting points that will pave the way for entrepreneurial and new ideas, strengthen communication, and breed and nurture interdisciplinary interaction.

The Manager of the Project was Prof. Dr. Hacı Yakup ÖZTUNA,

Dean of Faculty of Fine Arts.

The Outdoor Mural Coordinator was Prof. Dr. Feyzi KORUR,

Head of Painting Department

The Mural Application Coordinators were Prof. Sevgi AVCI and Assoc. Prof. Hamdi GOKOVA, staff of Sculpture and Painting

Public Space Sculpture Coordinator was Prof. Arzu ATIL,

Head of Sculpture Department

The designs had been gradually examined on the university admistrative board under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Nükhet HOTAR, the rector of Dokuz Eylül University. After that, Prof. Fuat Akdenizli, Assoc. Prof. Hamdi Gökova, Assoc. Prof. Berna İşbilir AYDIN, Assoc. Prof. İlke İLTER GÜVEN, Lect. Engin DOĞAN, Lect. Özgür ÖZKAN, Res. Assist. Umay YÖRÜGEN DUYGU's Mural Designs and Prof. Arzu Atıl, Prof. Sevgi AVCI, Assoc. Prof. Gökcen ERGÜR, Assist. Prof. Neda İsmail ATAR, Res. Assist. Mert Taşkın DEMİR’s Sculpture designs had been chosen to be applied.

Design: Lect. Engin DOĞAN, 2022

Place: Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Central Library, Tınaztepe Campus,

Dokuz Eylül University

Implementation Team: Prof. Sevgi AVCI, Prof. Dr. Feyzi KORUR, Assoc. Prof. Yudum AKKUŞ GÜNDÜZ, Res. Assist. Ezgi YAKIN, Bilgi AVCI (Graduate student)

Design: Assoc. Prof. Berna AYDIN, 2022,

Place: Tınaztepe Polyclinic, Dokuz Eylül University

Implementation Team: Assoc. Prof. Berna AYDIN, Assoc. Prof. İlke İLTER GÜVEN, Assoc. Prof. Hamdi GÖKOVA, Lect. Özkan BİRİM, Res. Assist. Dorukhan Fırat AKTÜRK, Res. Assist. Elif Merve ÇAKIR, Res. Assist. Elif KURTULDU DÖNMEZ, Res. Assist. Süeda İKİZOĞLU, Samet GAYRETLİ (Undergraduate student)

Design: Res. Assist. Ümay YÖRÜGEN DUYGU, 2022

Place: Faculty of Engineering, Tınaztepe Campus, Dokuz Eylül University

Implementation Team: Assoc. Prof. Yudum Akkuş AKKUŞ GÜNDÜZ, Res. Assist. Ümay YÖRÜGEN, Res. Assist. Dorukhan Fırat AKTÜRK, Res. Assist. Mehmet Ali ZEREN, Res. Assist. Halil İbrahim YILDIRIM, Res. Assist. Şükran Duran

Design: Prof. Dr. Feyzi KORUR, 2022

Place: Faculty of Tourism, Tınaztepe Campus, Dokuz Eylül University

Implementation Team: Prof. Dr. Feyzi KORUR, Assoc. Prof. Sait TOPRAK

Design: Sevgi AVCI

Place: Dokuz Eylül University Hospital Palliative Clinic Children's room

Implementation Team: Prof. Sevgi AVCI,  Bilgi AVCI (Graduate student )

Design: Prof. Sevgi AVCI

Place: Dokuz Eylül University Hospital Palliative Clinic Children's room 3

Implementation Team: Prof. Sevgi AVCI

In the opening speech of the ceremony, DEU Rector Prof. Dr. Nükhet Hotar said, "Çaka Bey, who had a share in the Turkification of Western Anatolia and the formation of the first Turkish navy in history, and who took our beautiful city from the hands of Eastern Rome in 1081, has been one of the historical figures inspired by our maritime university. We see it as one of the responsibilities of our big family to keep the name and glory of Çaka Bey, who also became a source for the establishment history of our Turkish Naval Forces and gave our great nation the first victory at sea.”

After the opening ceremony, it was given plaques to Prof. Arzu Atıl and her team, making the Çaka Bey Bust and being the staff of the Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, DEU.