İzmir Democracy University

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İzmir Democracy University

İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi
Type	Public university
Established	20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
Location	İzmir , Turkey

İzmir Democracy University (Turkish : İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi) is a public university in İzmir, Turkey. It was established by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 20 August 2016 with other 3 new universities. ^{[a] [1]}

İzmir Democracy University was cited by the press as the successor of İzmir University, which was closed private university by Turkish government on 23 July 2016. ^[2] But the Council of Higher Education denied it and explained that İzmir Democracy University was not founded in place of İzmir University. ^[3]

In January 2017, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed Prof. Dr. Bedriye Tunçsiper as the rector of the university. ^{[4] [5]} On June 10, 2020, with a protocol signed with the Ministry of Health, Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Training and Research Hospital started to be used jointly with the university's medical faculty. ^[6]

Organization

İzmir Democracy University has 10 faculties, 3 institutes and 3 other schools. ^[7]

Faculties

• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Science and Literature
• Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences
• Faculty of Fine Arts
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Architecture
• Faculty of Medical Sciences
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Dentistry

Institutes

• Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering
• Institute of Social Sciences
• Institute of Medical Sciences

Other schools

• School of Foreign Languages
• Vocational School of Health Services
• Vocational School

References

• Turkey portal

1. These are Beykoz University, İstanbul Kent University and İzmir Bakırçay University

1. YATIRIMLARIN PROJE BAZINDA DESTEKLENMESİ İLE BAZI KANUN VE KANUN HÜKMÜNDE KARARNAMELERDE DEĞİŞİKLİK YAPILMASINA DAİR KANUN, madde 19 ve 22
2. "Kapatılanların yerine İzmir'e iki yeni devlet üniversitesi" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
3. 667 Sayılı KHK İle Kapatılan Vakıf Yükseköğretim Kurumlarının Önlisans ve Lisans Programlarındaki Öğrencilerin İşlemleri İle İlgili Usul ve Esasların Uygulanması Sürecinde Sıkça Sorulan Sorular ve Cevapları
4. "OHAL KHK'sıyla üniversitelerin tepesine: Erdoğan 12 rektör atadı". Diken . 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
5. "Cumhurbaşkanı kararıyla 6 üniversiteye rektör atandı". TRT Haber. 21 April 2021. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
6. "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
7. YÜKSEKÖĞRETİM KURUMLARI TEŞKİLATI KANUNU, ek madde 170

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