The Ankara University, Law School ( formerly known ''Ankara Adliye Hukuk Mektebi'' or ''AUHF'') is the faculty of law at

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

in Turkey.

History

Ankara University, Law School was established as part of Turkey's legal reforms, spearheaded by

Mahmut Esat Bozkurt Mahmut Esat Bozkurt (1892 – 21 December 1943) was a Turkish jurist, politician, government minister and academic. His birth name was Mahmut Esat. But after the adaptation of the Turkish Surname Law in 1934, he chose the surname ''Bozkurt'' ...

. The school was inaugurated by

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

, the founder of the Turkish Republic, on November 5, 1925. It was the first university-level higher education institution of the newly founded Republic, and its first cohort of students graduated in 1928. During the opening ceremony, Atatürk expressed his profound sentiment, stating, ''"For no other institution do I feel such felicity as I feel for this institution, which will be the warranty of the Republic, and I am glad to reveal and open it."''

Notable alumni

* Ahmet Necdet Sezer – Former

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Adnan Menderes Ali Adnan Ertekin Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of ...

– Former

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* Bülent Arınç – Former speaker of the Turkish parliament (2002-2007) * Kemal Güven – Former speaker of the Turkish parliament (1973-1977) * Tülay Tuğcu – Former president of the

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– Politician and former leader of the

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Uğur Mumcu Uğur Mumcu (; 22 August 1942 – 24 January 1993)
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– Investigative journalist for daily ''

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'' * Turgut Özakman – Turkish author * Emine Ülker Tarhan – Turkish former judge and politician * Jülide Gülizar – First anchorwoman of Turkey * Şerafettin Elçi – Former Minister of Public Works *

Selahattin Demirtaş Selahattin Demirtaş (born 10 April 1973) is a Kurdish politician, lawyer and author. He was the co-leader of the left-wing pro- Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), serving alongside Figen Yüksekdağ from 2014 to 2018. Selahattin Demirt ...

– Co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party *

Kemal Burkay Kemal Burkay (1937, Kızılkale, Mazgirt, Tunceli) is a Kurdish writer and politician. Biography He attended his primary education in Tunceli and graduated from Ankara University, Law School in 1960. Political career In 1965 he joined ...

– Politician and writer *

Çetin Altan Çetin Altan (22 June 1927 – 22 October 2015) was a Turkish writer, journalist, and a member of parliament. He was considered one of the finest writers in the modern Turkish language of the late 20th century. Early years Çetin Altan was ...

– Journalist * Ece Temelkuran – Columnist and writer *

Doğu Perinçek Doğu Perinçek (; born 17 June 1942) is a Turkish politician, doctor of law and former communist revolutionary who has been chairman of the left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party since 2015. He was also a member of the Talat Pasha Committee, an ...

– Turkish politician * Çiğdem Toker – investigative journalist * Kamil Tolon – Turkish industrialist

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Ankara University, Law School
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History

Notable alumni

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