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Istanbul University is Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
's main and oldest prestige university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
. Its graduates have frequently been the main source of academic staff for the Turkish university system, as well as providing a very large number of Turkish bureaucrats, professionals, and business people. The campus and faculties are numerous and spread throughout Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, the main campus being next to Beyazit Square.

history goes back to when it was founded as an institution of higher education
Higher education

Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
 named the Darülfünun (House of Multiple Sciences) on July 23, 1846; but the Medrese (School of theological and environmental sciences), which was founded immediately after Mehmed II
Mehmed II

Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to 1481. At the age of 21, he Fall of Constantinople, bringing an end to the medieval Byzantine Empire....
 conquered (Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
) in 1453, is regarded as the precursor to the Darülfünun which evolved into Istanbul University, so the Universitycelebrated its 550th anniversary in 2003.

German historian Richard Honig believes that the history of the Medrese which first evolved into the Darülfünun and later became Istanbul University actually started on March 1, 1321, during the reign of Osman I
Osman I

Osman IOsman Gazi or Othman I El-Gazi Ottoman Turkish language: ????? ?? ??????, or Osman Bey or I.Osman or Osman Sayed II) was the leader of the Ottoman Turks, and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire....
 in Bithynia
Bithynia

Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thrace Bosporus and the Euxine ....
, the cradle of the Ottoman State
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
.

The first modern Applied Physics courses were given at the Darülfünun on December 31, 1863, which marked the beginning of a new period, and on February 20, 1870, the school was renamed as the Darülfünun-u Osmani (Ottoman House of Multiple Sciences) and reorganized to meet the needs of modern sciences and technologies.






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Istanbul University is Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
's main and oldest prestige university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
. Its graduates have frequently been the main source of academic staff for the Turkish university system, as well as providing a very large number of Turkish bureaucrats, professionals, and business people. The campus and faculties are numerous and spread throughout Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, the main campus being next to Beyazit Square.

History

Its history goes back to when it was founded as an institution of higher education
Higher education

Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
 named the Darülfünun (House of Multiple Sciences) on July 23, 1846; but the Medrese (School of theological and environmental sciences), which was founded immediately after Mehmed II
Mehmed II

Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to 1481. At the age of 21, he Fall of Constantinople, bringing an end to the medieval Byzantine Empire....
 conquered (Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
) in 1453, is regarded as the precursor to the Darülfünun which evolved into Istanbul University, so the Universitycelebrated its 550th anniversary in 2003.

German historian Richard Honig believes that the history of the Medrese which first evolved into the Darülfünun and later became Istanbul University actually started on March 1, 1321, during the reign of Osman I
Osman I

Osman IOsman Gazi or Othman I El-Gazi Ottoman Turkish language: ????? ?? ??????, or Osman Bey or I.Osman or Osman Sayed II) was the leader of the Ottoman Turks, and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire....
 in Bithynia
Bithynia

Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thrace Bosporus and the Euxine ....
, the cradle of the Ottoman State
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
.

The first modern Applied Physics courses were given at the Darülfünun on December 31, 1863, which marked the beginning of a new period, and on February 20, 1870, the school was renamed as the Darülfünun-u Osmani (Ottoman House of Multiple Sciences) and reorganized to meet the needs of modern sciences and technologies. Starting from 1874, some classes of Literature, Law and Applied Sciences were given at the building of Galatasaray Lisesi
Galatasaray Lisesi

Galatasaray Lisesi, known in other languages by its French language name Lyc?e de Galatasaray, was known in Turkish as the Galata Sarayi Enderun-u H?mayunu and later the Galatasaray Mekteb-i Sultanisi ....
, which continued regularly until 1881. On September 1, 1900, the school was renamed and reorganized as the Darülfünun-u Sahane (Imperial House of Multiple Sciences) with courses on Mathematics, Literature and Theology. On April 20, 1912, the school was renamed as the Istanbul Darülfünunu (Istanbul House of Multiple Sciences) while the number of courses were increased and the curricula were modernized with the establishment of the Schools of Medicine, Law, Applied Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Literature and Theology. On April 21, 1924, the Republic of Turkey recognized the Istanbul Darülfünunu as a state school, and on October 7, 1925, the administrative autonomy of Istanbul Darülfünunu was recognized while the "Schools" (within the old Medrese system) became modern "Faculties". On August 1, 1933, Istanbul Darülfünunu was reorganized as Istanbul Üniversitesi (Istanbul University) following the educational reforms of Atatürk. Classes officially began on November 1, 1933, in "the first modern university" of the Republic of Turkey.

Campus

The university currently has seventeen faculties on five campuses, the main campus being on Beyazit Square in Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, which was known as the Forum Tauri in the Roman period. It has a teaching staff of 2,000 professors and associates and 4,000 assistants and younger staff. More than 60,000 undergraduate and 8,000 postgraduate students follow the courses offered by Istanbul University every year. The main campus with its landmark gate actually used to be the Ottoman ministry of war. Located on the grounds is the Beyazit Tower
Beyazit Tower

Beyazit Tower is an 85 metre tall fire-watch tower located in the courtyard of Istanbul University's main campus on Beyazit in Istanbul, Turkey, on top of one of the "seven hills" which Constantine the Great had built the city, following the model of Rome....
, a 85 metre tall fire-watch tower. The grounds before that was the location of the Eski Palace (Old Palace). Some roman and Byzantine ruins are still visible on the grounds.

Faculties
College

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  • Faculty of Political Sciences
  • Faculty of Law
    LAW

    LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
  • Faculty of Journalism
    Journalism

    Journalism is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and editorial via a widening spectrum of Media . These include newspapers, magazines, radio and television, the internet and, more recently, the cellphone....
  • Faculty of Literature
    Literature

    Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
     and Social Sciences
    Social sciences

    The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, communication studies, economics, human geography, history, political science, psychology and sociology....
  • Faculty of Science
    Science

    In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
    s
  • Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
    Medicine

    Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
  • Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine
    Medicine

    Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
  • Faculty of Economics
    Economics

    File:Ballard Farmers' Market - vegetables.jpgEconomics is the Social sciences that studies the Production theory basics, Distribution , and Consumption of Good and Service ....
  • Faculty of Pharmacy
    Pharmacy

    Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemistrys, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of medication....
  • Hasan Ali Yücel Faculty of Education
    Education

    File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
  • Faculty of Dentistry
    Dentistry

    Dentistry is the known evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the mouth, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body....
  • Faculty of Forestry
    Forestry

    Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests....
  • Faculty of Engineering
    Engineering

    Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
  • Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
    Veterinary medicine

    Veterinary medicine is that branch of medical science,which deals with the study of diagnosis,treatment and prevention of diseases in companion,domestic, exotic, wildlife and production animals....
  • Faculty of Business Administration
    Management

    Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadership or directing, and Control an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal....
  • Faculty of Communication
    Communication

    Communication is commonly defined as "the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs...",, 1: an act or instance of transmitting and 3 a: "a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or beha...
  • Faculty of Water
    Water

    Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or States of matter, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam....
     Products
  • Faculty of Theology
    Theology

    Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....


Notable alumni

Turkish Presidents
List of Presidents of Turkey

This is a complete list of President of Turkey of Turkey consisting of the eleven heads of state in the country's inception following the Turkish War of Independence....
:
  • Abdullah Gül
    Abdullah Gül

    Abdullah G?l, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Ph.D is the List of Presidents of Turkey President of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August 2007....
Foreign Presidents
President

President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, company, trade unions, university, and country. Etymology, a "president" is one who Wiktionary:Preside, who sits in leadership ....
:
  • Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
    Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

    Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionism leader, and the second and longest-serving President of Israel....
    , President of Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
Turkish Prime Ministers
List of Prime Ministers of Turkey

This is a chronological list of Prime Ministers of Turkey, since the establishment of that position in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence....
:
  • Abdullah Gül
    Abdullah Gül

    Abdullah G?l, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Ph.D is the List of Presidents of Turkey President of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August 2007....
  • Refik Saydam
    Refik Saydam

    Dr. Refik Saydam was the 4th Prime minister of the Turkey from 25 January 1939 to 8 July 1942....
  • Yildirim Akbulut
    Yildirim Akbulut

    Yildirim Akbulut is a Turkish people politician, who was a leader of the Anavatan Partisi , a former List of Prime Ministers of Turkey of Turkey and twice the List of Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey....
  • Sadi Irmak
    Sadi Irmak

    Sadi Irmak, was a Turkish people academics in physiology, politician and former List of Prime Ministers of Turkey....
  • Mehmet Naim Talu
  • Suad Hayri Ürgüplü
  • Nihat Erim
    Nihat Erim

    Nihat Erim was a Turkish people politician and jurist. He served as the prime minister of Turkey from 1971 until 1972, for almost 14 months. He was assassinated in Istanbul in 1980....
Foreign Prime Ministers
Prime minister

A prime minister is the most senior minister of Cabinet in the Executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The position is usually held by, but need not always be held by, a politician....
:
  • David Ben-Gurion
    David Ben-Gurion

    was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
    , Prime Minister of Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
Turkish Ministers
Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the Cabinet , usually led by a monarch, Governor-General, or president....
:
  • Mehmet Ali Sahin
    Mehmet Ali Sahin

    NEJAT ETEMIN TORUNLARI 1920?de Mustafa Supi ve 14 arkadasi Karadeniz?de katledildikten sonra Avrupa burjuvazisinin emir usagi olarak yeniden ?rg?tlenmek i?in Nejat Etemin komutasina verilen TKP, yeniden ?rg?tlenmeye basladi....
  • Turhan Feyzioglu
Columnists:
  • Hasmet Babaoglu
 Scientists:
  • Hulusi Behcet
    Hulusi Behçet

    Hulusi Beh?et was a Turkey dermatologist and scientist. He described a disease of Inflammation blood vessels in 1937, which is named after him as the Beh?et's disease....
  • Aykut Barka
    Aykut Barka

    Aykut Barka was a Turkish people Earth science. He is best known for his contributions to understanding the behaviour of the North Anatolian Fault Zone , one of the most dangerous active Geologic fault in the world....
  • Muzaffer Serif
    Muzafer Sherif

    Muzafer Sherif was one of the founders of social psychology. He helped develop social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory.Among other things, Sherif is famous for the Robbers Cave Experiment....
Writers:
  • Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar
    Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar

    Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar was one of the most important modern novelists and essayists of Turkish literature. He was also a member of the Turkish parliament between 1942 and 1946....
  • Ömer Lütfi Mete
  • Orhan Pamuk
    Orhan Pamuk

    Ferit Orhan Pamuk generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkey novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia University....
    , Nobel Laureate
    Nobel Prize

    The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
     in Literature
  • Oben Özaydin
    Oben Özaydin

    Oben ?zaydin is a Turkish Muslim columnist, who argues both against imperialism and every kind of terrorism. In 1985 his first article was published in the newspaper Hakimiyet....
Poets:
  • Orhan Veli
    Orhan Veli

    Orhan Veli Kanik was a Turkey poet. Together with Oktay Rifat Horozcu and Melih Cevdet, he founded the Garip Movement....
  • Attila Ilhan
    Attila Ilhan

    Attil? Ilhan was a Turkey poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and reviewer....
  • Onat Kutlar
    Onat Kutlar

    Mehmet Arif Onat Kutlar , also known as Onat Kutlar, was a prominent Turkish people writer and poet, founder of the Turkish Sinematek and one of the founders of the Istanbul International Film Festival....
Musicians:
  • Arif Mardin
    Arif Mardin

    Arif Mardin was a Turkey-United States music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock music, soul music, disco, and country music....
  • Bülent Ortaçgil
    Bülent Ortaçgil

    B?lent Orta?gil is a Turkish people composer and singer....
  • Mercan Dede
    Mercan Dede

    Arkin Ilicali , better known as Mercan Dede, also known as DJ Arkin Allen, is a Turkish people composer, ney and bendir player, DJ and producer....
Other:
  • Mahir Kaynak - Intelligence Specialist
  • Deniz Gezmis
    Deniz Gezmis

    Deniz Gezmis was a Marxist-Leninist and political activist in the Republic of Turkey in the late 1960s. He was one of the founding members of the People's Liberation Army of Turkey ....
     - Political activist


See also

  • List of forestry universities and colleges
    List of forestry universities and colleges

    This is a list of colleges and universities worldwide that offer either a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in the profession field of forestry. Where noted, the country's Educational accreditation standard has been used and cited....


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