Gazi University
Encyclopedia
Gazi University is a public university
primarily located in Ankara, Turkey.
It was established in 1926 by Kemal Atatürk as Gazi Teacher Training Institute. In 1982, it was reorganized by merging with the Bolu Academy of Engineering and Architecture, Ankara Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences, the Ankara College of Technical Careers, the Ankara Girls' College of Technical Careers, and the Ankara State Academy of Engineering and Architecture to become a large metropolitan university as part of the act which created the Board of Higher Education. Prior to 1982 when the Board of Higher Education Law came into effect, institutes of higher education in Turkey were organized under different structures as universities, academies, institutes, and schools. In 1992 faculties and vocational schools in Bolu became Abant Izzet Baysal University
.
Gazi University comprises 15 faculties, 9 vocational schools of higher education, 26 research centers and 6 graduate institutes. The student enrollment of Gazi University has reached approximately 57,000 in total of whom about 1,500 come from the Turkic states of Central Asia
. Five thousand students are enrolled in graduate programmes. The total size of the teaching faculty exceeds 3,000 persons.
, the capital city of Turkey. Its main campus is situated in Beşevler.
The University's campuses are almost directly inside the city, which makes it easier to find houses to live and centers for shopping, for students. There are many activities at these campuses for students, such as the Spring Festival, free concerts, opening concerts, sports tournaments, theatre performances and performances by student clubs as well as scientific and cultural seminars.
, English
and German
. Library orientation programs are organized for new Gazi students.
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
primarily located in Ankara, Turkey.
It was established in 1926 by Kemal Atatürk as Gazi Teacher Training Institute. In 1982, it was reorganized by merging with the Bolu Academy of Engineering and Architecture, Ankara Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences, the Ankara College of Technical Careers, the Ankara Girls' College of Technical Careers, and the Ankara State Academy of Engineering and Architecture to become a large metropolitan university as part of the act which created the Board of Higher Education. Prior to 1982 when the Board of Higher Education Law came into effect, institutes of higher education in Turkey were organized under different structures as universities, academies, institutes, and schools. In 1992 faculties and vocational schools in Bolu became Abant Izzet Baysal University
Abant Izzet Baysal University
- Overview :Abant Izzet Baysal University was founded on July 3, 1992 with the aim of establishing a centre of excellence in higher education and research. Today it has 8 faculties, 3 institutes, 5 two-year programmes, 6 vocational schools and 4 research centres. Nine hundred academicians teach...
.
Gazi University comprises 15 faculties, 9 vocational schools of higher education, 26 research centers and 6 graduate institutes. The student enrollment of Gazi University has reached approximately 57,000 in total of whom about 1,500 come from the Turkic states of Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
. Five thousand students are enrolled in graduate programmes. The total size of the teaching faculty exceeds 3,000 persons.
Faculties
- Gazi Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- Faculty of Industrial Arts Education
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
- Faculty of Communication
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Technical Education
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Health Education
- Faculty of Commercial and Tourism Education
- Faculty of Vocational Education
Graduate institutes
- Graduate School of Informatics
- Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Graduate School of Social Sciences
- Graduate School of Health Sciences
- Graduate School of Educational Sciences
- Institute for Accident Research and Prevention
Vocational colleges of higher education
- Beypazari Technical Sciences Vocational College
- Polatli Technical Sciences Vocational College
- Finance Vocational College
- Health Services Vocational College
- Cadastral Vocational College
- Ataturk Vocational College
- Ankara Vocational College
- Gazi Vocational College
- Distance Education/Learning Vocational College
Campuses
Gazi University is a city-university which has a multitude of campuses around AnkaraAnkara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
, the capital city of Turkey. Its main campus is situated in Beşevler.
The University's campuses are almost directly inside the city, which makes it easier to find houses to live and centers for shopping, for students. There are many activities at these campuses for students, such as the Spring Festival, free concerts, opening concerts, sports tournaments, theatre performances and performances by student clubs as well as scientific and cultural seminars.
Gazi University Central Library
Gazi University library has 150,000 books, 62,000 bound periodicals, and 10,000 master theses. The library subscribes to 700 periodicals in foreign languages and 600 in Turkish, and provides access to 20,000 on-line journals and 30 on-line databases. Collections are predominantly in TurkishTurkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. Library orientation programs are organized for new Gazi students.
Alumni (including graduates of former colleges)
- Ferman AkgülFerman AkgülFerman Akgül is a Turkish songwriter and the singer of the rock band maNga. He writes both lyrics and music.-Biography and career:...
- Songwriter and singer - İnci Aral - Writer (short-story)
- Sinan Aygün - Chairman of Ankara Trade Chamber
- Fakir Baykurt - Novelist
- İlhan BerkIlhan Berkİlhan Berk was a leading contemporary Turkish poet. He was a dominant figure in the postmodern current in Turkish poetry and was very influential among Turkish literary circles.-Biography:Berk was born in Manisa, Turkey in 1918 and received a teacher's training in Balıkesir...
- Poet, writer - Bülent Bezdüd - Musician, with Grammy Awards
- Mehmet Zafer ÇağlayanMehmet Zafer ÇaglayanMehmet Zafer Çağlayan is Minister of State Turkey and Member of Parliament of the ruling Justice and Development Party.Çağlayan graduated in mechanical engineering from Gazi University in Ankara in 1980 and went on to a career in the aluminium industry...
- Minister for Trade and Industry - Melih GökçekMelih Gökçekİbrahim Melih Gökçek is a Turkish politician who has been the mayor of Ankara since 1994. Between 1991-1994, he was a MP. Gökçek has won municipal elections in 1994, 1999, 2004, and 2009.- Early life :...
- Mayor of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality - Abbas Güçlü - Pedagogist, journalist with a popular TV program for students
- Biket İlhan - Film director
- Özdemir İnce - Poet, writer, member of European Poetry Academy
- Handan İpekçiHandan IpekçiHandan İpekçi is a Turkish screenwriter and film director.-Education:Handan İpekçi studied Radio and Television Studies at Gazi University, Faculty of Communication in Ankara...
- Screenwriter and film director - Kemal KılıçdaroğluKemal KiliçdarogluKemal Kılıçdaroğlu is a Turkish social democrat politician. He is currently leader of the Republican People's Party and Leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey. He has been the Member of Parliament for İstanbul since 2002....
- Politician, Chairman of the CHPRepublican People's Party (Turkey)The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to... - Halil MutluHalil MutluHalil Mutlu is a professional Turkish weightlifter with several World and Olympic championships. Mutlu is one of the four weightlifters achieving three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games...
- Olympic gold medalist and world champion weightlifter - Nihat ÖzdemirNihat ÖzdemirNihat Özdemir is currently board member of Türkiye Süper Ligi football club giant Fenerbahçe SK. He is currently serving his fourth two-year term since Aziz Yıldırım board coming to power. He is as "Deputy President" and "Press Spokesman" of the club. He also has mastered mechanic engineer...
- Businessman, deputy chairman of Fenerbahçe Sports Club - Metin ŞahinMetin ŞahinMetin Şahin is a European champion Turkish former taekwondo practitioner, who serves as the president of the Turkey Taekwondo Federation since 2003.-Early life and academic career:...
- European Taekwondo champion and current president of Turkish Taekwondo Federation - Sinan Şamil SamSinan Samil SamSinan Şamil Sam is a German born Turkish heavyweight professional boxer. As a professional boxer, Sam won the EBU and WBC International titles in the heavyweight division.- Amateur career :...
- Professional boxer - Zeki SezerZeki SezerMehmet Zeki Sezer is a Turkish politician and former chairman of the Democratic Left Party , he was elected in the 6th ordinary party congress in 2004 after the resignation of Bülent Ecevit....
- Politician, former chairman of Democratic Left PartyDemocratic Left Party (Turkey)The Democratic Left Party is a Turkish political party founded on November 14, 1985, by Rahşan Ecevit.-1985-1999:The DSP, a social democratic oriented party, was registered on November 14, 1985 by Rahşan Ecevit, wife of Bülent Ecevit, as he was banned from political life after the 1980 coup... - Naim SüleymanoğluNaim SüleymanogluNaim Süleymanoğlu , formerly known as Naim Suleimanov , is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting...
- Olympic gold medalist and world champion weightlifter - Nurcan TaylanNurcan TaylanNurcan Taylan is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record ....
- Olympic gold medalist and world champion female weightlifter - Kemal UnakıtanKemal UnakitanKemal Unakıtan was the Minister of Finance of Turkey from November 2002 to May 2009 and a Member of Parliament for Istanbul of the Justice and Development Party....
- Former Minister of Finance - Hamza YerlikayaHamza YerlikayaHamza Yerlikaya is a Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler. He is a two-time Olympic champion, three-time World Champion , and the only Turkish wrestler to ever become European champion eight times...
- Olympic gold medalist and world champion wrestler
External links
- Gazi University official website
- http://www.lib.gazi.edu.tr- GAZİ CENTRAL LIBRARY
- http://www.vakif.gazi.edu.tr - GAZI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
- http://www.tomer.gazi.edu.tr - GAZI UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR TURKISH TEACHING
- http://www.yadem.gazi.edu.tr - GAZI UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
- http://www.gazimezunlar.org.tr - GAZI UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ORGANIZATION
- http://www.radyo.gazi.edu.tr - RADIO GAZI FM
- http://www.mmf.gazi.edu.tr - GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
- http://www.iibf.gazi.edu.tr - GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES