Erdal Saygın (1931–2007) was a Turkish educator and university administrator who served for six years (1992–1998) as the

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

of the

İzmir Institute of Technology İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

. He was the first academic in the institution's top position upon its founding in 1992.

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Turkish educators İzmir Institute of Technology People from İzmir Place of birth missing 1931 births 2007 deaths Rectors of İzmir Institute of Technology {{Turkey-academic-bio-stub