Gazi University ( tr, Gazi Üniversitesi) is a public

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primarily located in

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. It was established in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as Gazi Teacher Training Institute. In 1982, it was reorganized by merging with the Bolu Academy of Engineering and Architecture, Ankara Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences, the Ankara College of Technical Careers, the Ankara Girls' College of Technical Careers, and the Ankara State Academy of Engineering and Architecture to become a large metropolitan university as part of the act which created the Board of Higher Education. Prior to 1982 when the Board of Higher Education Law came into effect, institutes of higher education in Turkey were organized under different structures as universities, academies, institutes, and schools. In 1992 faculties and vocational schools in Bolu became

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. Gazi University comprises 21 faculties, 4 schools, 11 vocational schools of higher education, 52 research centers and 7 graduate institutes. The student enrollment of Gazi University has reached approximately 77,000 in total of whom about 1,500 come from the Turkic states of

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. Five thousand students are enrolled in graduate programmes. The total size of the teaching faculty exceeds 3,000 persons.

Ranking

Gazi University was ranked 6th by URAP Turkish University Rankings in 2021. URAP also ranked Gazi in the fourth place in "Engineering" and "Technology" subjects in Turkey. According t
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Gazi is ranked 844 in 2022 World University Rankings. In QS Rankings Gazi was placed between 801-1000 category in 2021. In QS Rankings 2022, Gazi is ranke
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in education subject worldwide and ranked 1st in Turkey in the same subject. I

Gazi is ranked 653rd in World University Rankings.

Faculties

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* Faculty of Architecture * Faculty of Engineering * Faculty of Fine Arts * Faculty of Health Sciences * Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of Pharmacy * Faculty of Sciences * Faculty of Technical Education * Faculty of Technology * Gazi Faculty of Education * Industrial Arts Education Faculty Some former faculties have been separated from Gazi University. They are now operating under AHBV University.

Graduate schools

* Graduate School of Educational Sciences * Graduate School of Fine Arts * Graduate School of Health Sciences * Graduate School of Informatics * Graduate School of Research and Prevention of Accidents * Graduate School of Sciences * Graduate School of Social Sciences

Schools

* School of Banking and Insurance * School of Foreign Languages * School of Land Registry and Cadastre * School of Physical Education and Sport

Vocational schools

* Ankara Vocational School * Atatürk Vocational School * Beypazari Technical Sciences Vocational School * Distance Education/Learning Vocational School * Gazi Vocational School * Ostim Vocational School * Polatlı Vocational School of Social Sciences * Vocational School of Health Services * Vacational School of Land Registry and Cadastre * Vocational School of Law * Vocational School of Public Finance

University governance

The rector of Gazi University is Musa Yıldız.

Campuses

Gazi University is a ''city-university'' which has a multitude of campuses around

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, the capital city of Turkey. Its main campus is situated in Beşevler. The university's campuses are almost directly inside the city, which makes it easier to find houses to live and centers for shopping, for students. There are many activities at these campuses for students, such as the Spring Festival, free concerts, opening concerts, sports tournaments, theatre performances and performances by student clubs as well as scientific and cultural seminars.

Gazi University Central Library

Gazi University library has 150,000 books, 62,000 bound periodicals, and 10,000 master theses. The library subscribes to 700 periodicals in foreign languages and 600 in Turkish, and provides access to 20,000 on-line journals and 30 on-line databases. Collections are predominantly in Turkish,

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and

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. Library orientation programs are organized for new Gazi students.

Achievements

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's third face transplant, a partial face transplant, was performed on March 17, 2012, on Hatice Nergis, a twenty-year-old woman, at the university's hospital by a team led by surgeon Selahattin Özmen. The patient from Kahramanmaraş had lost her upper jaw six years prior, including mouth, lips, palate, teeth and nasal cavity by a firearm accident, and was unable to eat. She had undergone in the past around 35 reconstructative plastic surgery operations. The donor was a 28-year-old woman in

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, who committed suicide.

Notable people

Alumni (including graduates of former colleges)

* Abbas Güçlü - Journalist, writer, TV programmer, educator * Abdullatif Sener - Associate Professor of Finance, former Parliament deputy, former Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister and former founder of Turkey Party * Adnan Binyazar - Author, critic, educator * Ahmet Telli - Writer and educator * Ali Palabıyık - Football referee and teacher *

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- Businessman, civil engineer and former president of Fenerbahçe Sports Club * Bekir Küçükay, guitar player * Beşir Göğüş - M.E.B.

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, critic * Biket İlhan - Cinema producer, director, founder of Sinevizyon film company, director *

Bülent Bezdüz Bülent Bezdüz (born 1967 in Ankara) is a Turkish operatic tenor. Bezdüz graduated from Gazi University’s Department of Music and started his vocal studies with Polish tenor Roman Werlinski. He was helped by Hüseyin Akbulut, director-genera ...

- State Opera and Ballet lead soloist, 2 Grammy award-winning musician * Cemil Demirbakan Musician, former soloist of the

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group * Coşkun Ertepınar - Poet, M.E.B. inspector and counselor * Çiğdem Batur - Actor, voice actor, presenter *

Devlet Bahçeli Devlet Bahçeli (born 1 January 1948) is a Turkish politician, economist, former deputy prime minister, and current chairman of the far-right, ultranationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). An academic in economics from Gazi University, B ...

- Politician, economist, Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi leader and former deputy prime minister * Emin Özdemir - Academic,

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and literary researcher *

Erman Toroğlu Erman Refik Toroğlu (born 24 November 1948) is a Turkish former association football player, FIFA-level referee and, current pundit and sports columnist. Career Toroğlu earned his FIFA badge in 1989. The last arbitrated professional football ...

- Former football player, football commentator * Fakir Baykurt - Author, trade unionist * Fatih Uraz - Manager, former professional football player * Ferman Akgül - Rock artist, soloist of the MaNga band * Fikret Bila - Journalist, presenter, former TCA auditor * Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil - Poet and humorous story writer * İbrahim Melih Gökçek - Former

Mayor, journalist *

İlhan Berk İlhan Berk (18 November 1918 – 28 August 2008) was a leading Turkish poet. He was a dominant figure in the postmodern current in Turkish poetry (termed, "İkinci Yeni"; ''"The second new generation"'') and was very influential among Turkish l ...

- Poet, translator, writer, teacher * İnci Aral - Story and novel writer * İsmail Altınok - Painter, writer, instructor *

İsmail Küçükkaya İsmail Küçükkaya (born 20 January 1970) is a Turkish journalist, news anchor and writer. Life and career İsmail Küçükkaya was born on 20 January 1970 to Yunus and Halise Küçükkaya in Simav, Kütahya. He finished his first and middle s ...

- Journalist, news presenter, writer *

Kamer Genç Kamer Genç (February 23, 1940 – January 22, 2016) was a Turkish politician, elected a member of parliament for the Republican People's Party in the 1987 and 1991 elections, for the True Path Party in the 1995 and 1999 elections, as an inde ...

- Deputy of Republican People's Party, former Council of State Investigation Judge and Council of State Prosecutor *

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born Kemal Karabulut, 17 December 1948) is a Turkish economist, retired civil servant and social democratic politician. He is leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and has been Leader of the Main Opposition in ...

- Bureaucrat, Chairman of the Republican People's Party *

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- Former Minister of Finance *

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- Actor, presenter, main news presenter, former journalist *

Metin Yurdanur Metin Yurdanur (born 1951) is a sculptor based in Turkey, who was awarded the title State Artist of Turkey. Early years Yurdanur was born in 1951 in Sivrihisar town of Eskişehir Province in Turkey. He spent his childhood until high school in ...

- Sculptor *

Mustafa Balel Mustafa Balel (born 1 September 1945) is a Turkish short story writer and novelist. Balel was born in Sivas. After he graduated from Ankara Gazi Institute of Education, Department of French philology (1968), he did his master's at the University ...

- translator, story and novel writer *

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- Artistic director, journalist * M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu - President of the

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Naim Süleymanoğlu Naim Süleymanoğlu ( bg, Наим Сюлейманоглу; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Bulgarian-born Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist ...

- Professional weightlifter *

Nihat Özdemir Nihat Özdemir (born 5 April 1950) is a Turkish business man, owner of Limak holding and former president of the Turkish Football Federation. He was the Deputy President and Press Spokesman for Turkish Süper Lig football club Fenerbahçe SK. ...

- President of the

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CEO *

Nurcan Taylan Nurcan Taylan (born 29 October 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record (and tied two more world records). She was banned by the International Weight ...

- Olympic Champion weightlifter *

Ömer Çelik Ömer Çelik (born 15 June 1968) is a Turkish journalist and politician. Between 24 January 2013 and 28 August 2015 he served as Minister of Culture and Tourism. He served as the Minister of European Union Affairs and as the Chief Negotiator fo ...

- Politicians, journalists, former Minister of Turkey and the

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, former Culture and Tourism Minister * Özdemir İnce - Poet, writer, journalist *

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- Poet, novelist, story writer * Sina Koloğlu - Keyboardist of Bulutsuzluk Özlemi, critic *

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- Professional boxer * Süleyman Saim Tekcan - Painter, film actor, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, engraver and academician *

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- Professional wrestler * Tahsin Saraç - Poet, one of the

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founder * Tarık Daşgün - Manager and former national football player *

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- ( Republican People's Party) Deputy Chairperson, journalist, writer, broadcaster *

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- Former Industry and Trade Minister, former Foreign Trade Minister, former Minister of Economy, former ASO and former TOBB vice president. * Zekai Tunca -

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artist

References

External links

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Gazi Central Library

Gazi University Foundation

Gazi University Center for Turkish Teaching

Gazi University Center for Foreign Language Teaching

Gazi University Alumni Organization

Radio Gazi Fm

Gazi University Faculty of Engineering

Gazi University Faculty of Architecture

Gazi University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1926 Things named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 1926 establishments in Turkey