IASON+ Project 2025 Spring Fieldwork Successfully Consucted in Kızılırmak Delta

From May 29 to 31, 2025, the IASON+ Project carried out its spring fieldwork in the Kızılırmak Delta. The primary objective of this fieldwork was to monitor Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and assess their impacts on ecosystem services within the region. The study aims to identify distribution patterns of selected IAS and evaluate their ecological influences.
This fieldwork is part of a two-year initiative under the IASON+ framework, designed to provide long-term insights into the dynamics of IAS in the delta.
The research team included Prof. Dr. Fatma Telli Karakoç, Prof. Dr. Coşkun Erüz, Prof. Dr. Ali Muzaffer Feyzioğlu, Prof. Dr. Hacer Sağlam, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rafet Çağrı Öztürk, Dr. Ahmet Şahin, Dr. İlknur Yıldız, master student Melike Tüysüz, and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Aydın from Ordu University Fatsa Faculty of Fisheries.
02 June 2025
On December 11, 2025, our academicians visited Hami Yıldırım Primary School to provide marine science education.
22 December 2025
Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ at the Great Black Sea Forum Panel on December 12 2025
15 December 2025
Department of Marine Science and Technology Engineering 2025 External Stakeholder Meeting was held on December 3rd 2025
08 December 2025
The KTÜ DenAr-1 Autumn Expedition was completed on 26-27 November 2025 as part of our routine monitoring
01 December 2025
The BIOBLACK Project Team Meeting was held on 24 November 2025
24 November 2025
Prof. Dr. Coşkun ERÜZ and Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ participated in the IASON+ Project Regional Workshop and Partner Meeting.
17 November 2025
Our Academicians Prof. Dr. Coşkun ERÜZ and Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ attended the BlackNETs Project Workshop and Partner Meeting held in Constanta, hosted by Mare Nostrum on 3-4 Nov
10 November 2025
The IASON+ Project Info Day was held at Bafra on 27 October 2025
03 November 2025
In the scope of the IASON+ Project, aquatic IAS monitoring in the Kızılırmak Delta Conservation Area was conducted on 24-26 October 2025
03 November 2025
The BlackNETs Project National Stakeholder Workshop was held on 22 October 2025 in Trabzon, Türkiye.
27 October 2025
BIOBLACK Project (BSB00794) ?Raising Awareness for the Black Sea People People to Recognize and Protect Black Sea Biodiversity? was held on 13 October 2025
20 October 2025
The IASON+ Project's 5-day Ecosystem Services Summer School was held in Samsun on 22-28 September 2025
29 September 2025













