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Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University () (Formerly known as "Nigde University" until 2016) is a public higher educational institution located in
NiÄŸde NiÄŸde (; ; Hittite: Nahita, Naxita) is a city and is located in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of NiÄŸde Province and NiÄŸde District.Central Anatolia in
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. It has six faculties, two institutes, two colleges and six vocational colleges. The university campus is situated southwest of NiÄŸde. The university was renamed in honor of Sgt. Maj.
Ömer Halisdemir Ömer Halisdemir was a Turkish non-commissioned officer, who was killed on duty in the night of failed 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, immediately after he shot dead pro-coup general Semih Terzi and prevented the capture of the headquarters of ...
(1974–2016), a
non-commissioned officer A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is an enlisted rank, enlisted leader, petty officer, or in some cases warrant officer, who does not hold a Commission (document), commission. Non-commissioned officers usually earn their position of authority b ...
, who was killed on duty in the night of
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt In the evening of 15 July 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces, organized as the Peace at Home Council, attempted a coup d'état against state institutions, including the government and president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. They attempted ...
, right after he shot dead a pro-coup general and prevented so the coupists capture the headquarters of the Special Forces Command in
Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
. He is remembered as a major contributor to the failure of the coup attempt. He was a native of Çukurkuyu town in
Bor, NiÄŸde Bor is a town in NiÄŸde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, to the southeast of the city of NiÄŸde (very frequent busses run between the two), on a high plain (altitude ). It is the seat of Bor District.Caucasus University Association Caucasus University Association is an association of universities founded in 2009. The members are in Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, South Azerbaijan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States. The scope of the preliminar ...
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