“Lifetime Achievement Award” Presented to İbrahim Çeçen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IC Holding

Oct 01, 2026

Ibrahim Çeçen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IC Holding and Founder of the IC Foundation, was honored with the “Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Ibrahim Çeçen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IC Holding (IC Holding) Chairman of the Board and founder of the IC İbrahim Çeçen Foundation (IC Foundation), İbrahim Çeçen, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Boğaziçi University Business World Awards, where students select the best in their respective fields across various sectors. The award was presented to İbrahim Çeçen at a ceremony held at Boğaziçi University’s Albert Long Hall.

Expressing great joy at being honored by the young people who are the guarantee of our bright future, İbrahim Çeçen continued his speech as follows: “Throughout my professional life, I have carried out projects I have always been proud of, and I take great joy in that. However, alongside all these major projects, my greatest source of pride is Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University. My greatest hope is to know that my name will live on through education, to leave behind an educational institution and a foundation that prioritizes education for future generations, and to ensure that our support for education continues as long as our family exists.”

Ibrahim Çeçen also offered career advice to students, saying, “Whatever job you do, strive to be the best at it. Do your work with love and find companions with whom you can walk this path together with confidence.”

He has supported more than 12,000 university students with educational scholarships
In line with İbrahim Çeçen’s goal of supporting young people striving to pursue their education despite hardships, the educational scholarships he began awarding personally in 1986 began reaching students through a more institutional framework following the establishment of the IC Foundation in 2004. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University—the only state university supported by the foundation, where 13,000 students are currently enrolled—was constructed in 2007 and donated to the state. To date, the IC Foundation has supported more than 12,000 deserving and high-achieving university students through educational scholarships. The Foundation also prepares its scholarship recipients for professional life by organizing courses, talks, and seminars in various fields.

In addition to its scholarship program, the Foundation is nurturing the youth of the future in elementary schools it has built in Ağrı, Van, Erzincan, and Ankara. Placing great importance on developing young people’s social awareness and enhancing their competencies in creating social benefit, volunteering, and social responsibility, the Foundation’s scholarship recipients participate in activities as civil society volunteers under the “Principle of Service to Society.”

Now in its 12th year, the Boğaziçi Business World Awards are recognized as Boğaziçi University’s most prestigious award program. Organized annually by the Boğaziçi University Engineering Club (ENSO), the awards are determined through an online vote among students.

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