Kemal Gözükara (born 1928 in the village of Eldelek in the district of

Elbistan Elbistan ( 1ca, Ablasta, Ablastayn, Ablastin, Ablistan;Aksüt, Ali"''On the Alevism of Elbistan, Nurhak, Ekinozu and Afsin - Elbistan Nurhak Ekinözü Afşin Aleviliği Üzerine - Zum Alevitentum in Elbistan, Nurhak, Ekinözü und Afşin''"- Alevi ...

in the Turkish Province

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) is a mathematician and businessman and is also a benefactor and president of the

Istanbul Arel University Istanbul Arel University ( tr, İstanbul Arel Üniversitesi) is a private nonprofit university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2007 by the Kemal Gözükara Education and Culture Foundation. Teaching is done mostly in English, a ...

. Kemal Gözükara at Egitimajansi
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Life and work

Kemal Gözükara was born in 1928 in Edelek attended the Duezici school in Adana. Thereafter he qualified from the Department of Science of

Gazi University Gazi University ( tr, Gazi Üniversitesi) is a public university primarily located in Ankara, Turkey. It was established in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as Gazi Teacher Training Institute. In 1982, it was reorganized by merging with the Bolu ...

. He then worked for five years as a mathematician at the Mükremin-Halil Gymnasium in Elbistan and did military service, after which he became a teacher at the İzzet-Ünver Gymnasium in

Bahçelievler Bahçelievler (meaning "houses with gardens" in Turkish) is a large middle class residential suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. It is accessible from the D.100 that runs from the Istanbul airport to the Asian side of ...

, Istanbul. In 1974 Gözükara decided to give up teaching and to go into industry. With financial support from his father, he built up a successful firm for the export of leather clothes within four years. He then entered the building trade and founded Arel Construction Industry and Trade. With the fund Kemal Gözükara Education and Culture Foundation he set up the financial prerequisites necessary for the founding of the Istanbul Arel Üniversitesi, which has been officially recognised since 2007. He has worked closely with

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and

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as well as with the

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. His son Özgür Gözükara (* 1976) ist chairman of the Board of Trustees of Arel University.

References

External links

Web Pages of Istanbul Arel Üniversitesi
(Turkish, English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gozukara, Kemal Living people Turkish academics 1928 births