Yildiz Technical University (Tr.

Turkish 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,...

 Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, often referred to simply as YTU or Yildiz) is a technical university dedicated to engineering sciences and is one of the most prominent educational institutions in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, Turkey

Turkey

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. The central campus lies within the Beşiktaş

Besiktas

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 district.
Yildiz Technical University has a distinguished history which began in 1911. YTU was founded as Kondüktör Mekteb-i Âlisi/Conductors School of Higher Education in order to meet the “science officer” (known previously as conductors, and today as technicians) requirement of the Municipality Public Works Section.