Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in

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. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait. It has six faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees, and six institutes offering graduate degrees. Traditionally, the language of instruction is English. Founded in 1863, as Robert College, it was the first American higher education institution founded outside the

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. Though under Turkish administration today, the university still maintains strong ties to the American educational system. Boğaziçi University consistently ranks as Turkey's top university and has the greatest number of applicants via the Turkish university entrance examinations, making it the most selective state university in Turkey.https://tanitim.boun.edu.tr/2019-taban-puanlari 2019 YKS SONUÇLARINA GÖRE BOĞAZİÇİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ BÖLÜMLERİNİN TAVAN-TABAN PUANLARI VE SIRALAMALARI

History

In 1863, Robert College was founded in Bebek by Christopher Robert, a wealthy American philanthropist, and

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, a

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devoted to education. Six years after its foundation, the first campus (the current-day Boğaziçi South Campus) was built on the ridge near Rumeli Hisarı (the Rumelian Castle) with the permission of Sultan Abdulaziz. According to a college catalogue compiled for the 1878–1879 academic year, "the object of the College is to give to its students, without distinction of race or religion, a thorough educational equal in all respects to that obtained at a first-class American college and based upon the same general principles." After

, the college was administrated by George Washburn (1877–1903) and

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(1903–1932). The college, which was established as an institution of higher learning independent of the

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(ABCFM) yet holding a significant number of missionaries among its faculty in its earlier years, adopted an entirely secular and non-denominational educational model in 1923 in compliance with the new republican principles of

. Before 1971, Robert College, had junior high school,

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, and

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sections under the names ''Robert Academy'', ''Robert College'', and ''Robert College Yüksek (Yüksek" meaning "high" in Turkish'')''. In 1971, the Bebek campus and academic staff of Robert College were turned over to the Republic of Turkey to be transformed into a public university named Boğaziçi University, the renamed continuation of Robert College's university section (i.e. ''Robert College Yüksek''). The rest of Robert College moved into the Arnavutköy campus of the American College for Girls; despite continuing to call itself a college it became merely a high school." In the fall of 1971, Boğaziçi University started its first academic year with former faculty and students of ''Robert College Yüksek'' as well as a new cohort of freshman students. Aptullah Kuran, the former vice-president of ''Robert College Yüksek,'' was the founding rector of the university. Since then, the university has gradually transformed from a small liberal arts college into a major research university. Robert Kolej (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi) (1880-1910 yılları) (LOC)

Robert Kolej (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi) (1880-1910 yılları) (LOC)

In early 2021, the university received a lot of media attention, after the Turkish government appointed a new rector, a post traditionally filled by democratic election. Students protested against the curtailment of academic freedom. More than 150 students were detained. The new rector dismissed the different faculty deans to then appoint himself dean of the university.

Campus

Boğaziçi University operates on six campuses in Istanbul. Four of these campuses (South Campus, North Campus, Hisar Campus, and Uçaksavar Campus) are within walking distance to each other on a hill above the affluent district of Bebek on the European side of Istanbul, overlooking the Bosphorus (hence the name). The South Campus is considered to be the most popular Boğaziçi University Campus. It houses various historic buildings of Robert College, including Hamlin, Washburn, Theodorus, Dodge, Albert Long and Anderson Halls as well as the Kennedy Lodge, named after

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, and currently serving as a welcoming facility for visiting professors and staff. The North Campus is home to Aptullah Kuran Library, which contains more than 740,000 printed books, 800,000 e-books, 55,000 e-journals as well as an extensive collection of Braille books, and a collection of rare books and manuscripts. The Kandilli Campus is on the opposite side of the Bosphorus in

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, and hosts the historic Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI). The newest campus is in Kilyos on the

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coast, and is home to a private

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. The Kilyos Campus is the first self-sufficient university campus in the world, meeting all of its electricity demands from its own wind power plant. South Campus Rectorate Building

Dormitories

The university has ten

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on its different campuses. Boğaziçi's First Men's and Women's Dorms are housed in some of the oldest buildings in the historic South Campus and offer students the chance to participated in the university's active social life. There are also four dormitories on Boğaziçi's North Campus. The First and Second North Campus Dormitories were opened in 198, the former for female students, the latter for males. They have similar 1980s modernist architectural designs. The Third North Campus Dorm was opened for female students in 2010. The Fourth Dormitory of the North Campus has been in service since 2011, and mainly accepts graduate students. The Kilyos Campus Dormitories are approximately one hour's drive away from Boğaziçi South and North campuses. The First Kilyos Dormitory serves female students while the Second Kilyos Dormitory is for males. The Superdorm and Kandilli Dorms also provide accommodation to Boğaziçi University students. The Kandilli Dormitory for female students opened in 2017 on the Kandilli Campus. The waste water collected from the bathrooms at the Kandilli Dorm is reused in the toilet reservoirs after treatment.

International rankings

Boğaziçi University ranks first in Turkey and 197th internationally according to U.S. News & World Report 2021 Best Global Universities Rankings, and shares the fifth rank among Turkish universities according to the

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of 2021 (internationally: 601 – 800).

Music and Sports Festivals

Taşoda Music Festival is organized by Boğaziçi University Music Club every spring. It is the most important amateur music festival held in Turkey and takes its name from Music Club's studio at the South Campus. Every May the Boğaziçi Sports Festival is held at the South Campus and other university venues. Usually, some 300 to 800 students from all over the world come to compete in various events.

Departments offering bachelor's degrees

Faculty of Arts and Sciences * Chemistry *

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

Linguistics Linguistics is the science, scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure ...

* Mathematics *

Molecular Biology Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and physi ...

and

Genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...

* Philosophy *

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

Translation Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

and Interpreting Studies *

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Literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

* Western Languages and

(This department was formerly named

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and

. In 2008, the content and courses were rearranged and the name was changed as well.) Bogazici University

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences *

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includ ...

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

and

International Relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

Faculty of Education * Computer Education and Educational Technology * Foreign Language Education * Educational Sciences * Primary Education * Secondary School

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

and

Mathematics Education In contemporary education, mathematics education, known in Europe as the didactics or pedagogy of mathematics – is the practice of teaching, learning and carrying out scholarly research into the transfer of mathematical knowledge. Although re ...

Faculty of Engineering *

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

* Computer Engineering *

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information a ...

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

School of Applied Disciplines *

Management Information Systems A management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization. The study of the management information systems involves pe ...

International Trade International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (see: World economy) In most countries, such trade represents a significant ...

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mor ...

Administration School of Foreign Languages *Advanced English *English Preparatory Division *Modern Languages Unit

Institutes offering graduate programs

Institute for Graduate Studies in Sciences and Engineering * Automotive Engineering (M.S.) *

(M.S., PhD) * Chemistry (M.S., PhD) *

(M.S., PhD) * Computational Science and Engineering (M.S.) * Computer Engineering (M.S., PhD) *

(M.S., PhD) *

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

Technology Management Technology management is a set of management disciplines that allows organizations to manage their technological fundamentals to create customer advantage. Typical concepts used in technology management are: * Technology strategy (a logic or rol ...

(M.S.) *

Financial Engineering Financial engineering is a multidisciplinary field involving financial theory, methods of engineering, tools of mathematics and the practice of programming. It has also been defined as the application of technical methods, especially from mathem ...

(M.S.) *

(M.S., PhD) * Mathematics (M.S., PhD) *

(M.S., PhD) *

Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering also called mechatronics, is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that focuses on the integration of mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering systems, and also includes a combination of robotics, electronics, ...

(M.S.) *Medical Systems and Informatics (M.S.) *

and

(M.S., PhD) * Nuclear Engineering (M.S., PhD) *

(M.S., PhD) * Secondary School

Science Education Science education is the teaching and learning of science to school children, college students, or adults within the general public. The field of science education includes work in science content, science process (the scientific method), som ...

and

(M.S., PhD) *

Software Engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term '' ...

(M.S.) * Systems and

Control Engineering Control engineering or control systems engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with control systems, applying control theory to design equipment and systems with desired behaviors in control environments. The discipline of controls o ...

(M.S.) Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History * Modern Turkish History (M.A., PhD) Institute of

Biomedical Engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

(M.S., PhD) Institute of Environmental Sciences * Environmental Sciences (M.S., PhD) *

Environmental Technology Environmental technology (envirotech) or green technology (greentech), also known as '' clean technology'' (''cleantech''), is the application of one or more of environmental science, green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic devi ...

(M.S., PhD) Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute * Earthquake Engineering (M.S., PhD) * Earthquake Risk Reduction (M.S.) * Geodesy (M.S., PhD) *

Geophysics Geophysics () is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. The term ''geophysics'' so ...

(M.S., PhD) Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences * Asian Studies (M.A.) * Business Information Systems (M.A.) * Conference Interpreting (M.A.) * Cognitive Science (M.A.) * Critical and Cultural Studies (M.A.) *

(M.A., PhD) *

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(M.A.) * Educational Sciences (M.A., Ph.D.) * English Language Education (M.A., Ph.D.) * English Literature (M.A., Ph.D.) *

European Studies European studies is a field of study offered by many academic colleges and universities that focuses on current developments in European integration. Some programmes offer a social science or public administration curriculum focusing on develop ...

(M.A.) *

Executive MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

(M.A., PhD) *

(M.A.) *

(M.A., PhD) *

(M.A., MBA, PhD) *

(M.A.) * Philosophy (M.A., Ph.D.) *

and

(M.A., PhD) *

(M.A.) * Social Media Studies (M.A., Ph.D.) *

(M.A.) *

Translation Studies Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic study of the theory, description and application of translation, interpreting, and localization. As an interdiscipline, translation studies borrows much from the vari ...

(PhD) *

and

(M.A., PhD) Vocational School of Hotel Management *

Administration Program (Secondary education) Other Units * Department of Fine Arts * Department of

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Independent centers

*Asian Studies Center *Boğaziçi University Center for European Studies *Boğaziçi University Center for Psychological Research and Services *Byzantine Studies Research Center *Center for Economics and Econometrics * Istanbul Center for Mathematical Sciences (IMBM) *Mithat Alam Film Center *Nafi Baba Sufism, History, and Cultural Heritage Research Center * Nazım Hikmet Culture and Arts Research Center *Peace Education and Research Center *

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Research Center *Sustainable Development and Cleaner Production Center (SDCPC)

Student clubs

*ADK (Atatürkist Thought Club ) *Aviation Club *

Ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

Club *Ballroom Dancing Society *

Bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

Club *BISAK(Bogazici University Islamic Studies Club) *BUDS (Bogazici University Debating Society) *BUOK (Bogazici University Game Club) *BULGBTİ+ (

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Studies Club) *BUMATEK (Bogazici University Machinery and Technology Club) *BUSAS ( Bogazici Under Water Sports Club) *BUSOS (Bogazici University Social Services) *BUSUIK (Bogazici University Politics and International Relations Club) *BUYAK (Bogazici University Operations Research Club) *BUHAK (Bogazici University Air Club) (Paragliding) *

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Club *

Cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ...

Club *IT Club (Compec) *

Construction Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form Physical object, objects, systems, or organizations,"Construction" def. 1.a. 1.b. and 1.c. ''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) Oxford University Pr ...

Club *

Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has b ...

Club *

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

and

Research Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

Club *

Electro-Technology Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Club *

Society * Environmental Society *GSK ( Fine Arts Club) *BUFK (

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Club) * Green Crescent Club *BUED (

Club) *

Mechanics Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, ''mēkhanikḗ'', "of machines") is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to object ...

and

Technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and Reproducibility, reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in me ...

Club *

and

Club * Mountaineering Club *

Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

Club *

Operations Research Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve decis ...

Club *

Photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ...

Club *

Radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmi ...

Club *

Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...

Club * Riding Club *

Club *

Social Sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...

Society *

Speleology Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form ( speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology) ...

Club *Sports Committee *

Club *Turkish Classical Music Club *

Village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

and

Cooperatives A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...

Club *Women's Studies Club

Notable alumni

* Ezel Akay – Film Director *

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– Writer, Journalist * Nevzat Aydın – CEO and Founder of Yemeksepeti * Gülse Birsel – Screenwriter, Actress, Journalist *

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– CEO, Boyner Holding, Former Chairman of TUSIAD * Cansu Canca– Bioethicist, Founder and Director of AI Ethics Lab * Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Film director, Winner of the Best Director Award at the

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– Former Prime Minister of Turkey, Professor of Economics, Boğaziçi University *

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– Former Prime Minister of Turkey, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor of International Relations * Neşe Erberk – 1983 Miss Turkey, 1984 Miss Europe * Erden Eruç – First solo human-powered

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world record holder * Fahriye Evcen – Actress * Emre Gönensay – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Professor of Economics, Boğaziçi University * Faruk Gul – Professor of Economics,

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* Aydemir Güler – Leader of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) * Murat Gülsoy – Writer * Nil Karaibrahimgil – Singer and Composer * Perihan Mağden – Writer, Journalist * Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu – Harpist * Hişyar Özsoy – Politician * Güler Sabancı – CEO,

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* Ozge Samanci – Artist, Professor,

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– News reporter, Anchorwoman, Actress * Mete Sozen – Professor of Structural Engineering,

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* Barış Tan - Professor of Operations Management and Industrial Engineering at

Koç University Koç University ( tr, Koç Üniversitesi) is a non-profit private university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in İstinye in 1993, and moved to its current Rumelifeneri campus near Sarıyer in 2000. Koç University ...

Harun Tekin Sami Harun Tekin (born 28 June 1977) is a Turkish singer, musician, and poet. He is one of the founding members and the vocalist of the Turkish rock band Mor ve Ötesi. Biography In 1988, while being a student at German High School in Istanb ...

– Rock musician, Frontman of Mor ve Ötesi *

Teoman Teoman () is a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Ali Teoman Germaner (1934–2018) Turkish sculptor * Teoman Koman (c. 1936–2013), Turkish general * Teoman (singer), stage name of Faz ...

– Singer and Composer * Murat Ülker – Chairman of Yıldız Holding and Ülker * Ahmet Yalçınkaya – Poet * Ahmet Yildiz – Professor of Biophysics,

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

Cem Yılmaz Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screen writer, and cartoonist. He is best known for his films '' G.O.R.A.'' (2004), '' A.R.O.G'' (2008) and '' Yahşi Batı'' (2010), and has won tw ...

– Comedian, Actor, Cartoonist *

Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for ''Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Scr ...

– Film Director, Writer *

Pelin Batu Pelin Batu (born 27 December 1978) is a Turkish author, actress, historian, and television personality. Biography Due to her father İnal Batu's career as a diplomat, she spent her childhood in many foreign countries including Pakistan, Cypr ...

– Actress, Writer

Notable faculty

* Ayşe Buğra – Professor of Political Economy * Şevket Pamuk – Professor of Economic History, former president of European Historical Economics Society *

Şerif Mardin Şerif Mardin (1927 – 6 September 2017) was a prominent Turkish sociologist, political scientist, academic and thinker. In a 2008 publication, he was referred to as the "doyen of Turkish sociology." Early life and education He was born in Ista ...

– Professor of Sociology and Political Science * Kemal Kirişci – Professor of International Relations, Director of European Studies Center * John Freely – Professor of Physics, Author * Selim Deringil – Professor of History * Nevra Necipoğlu – Professor of History * Cahit Arf (1910–1997) Mathematician * Cem Yıldırım – Professor of Mathematics * Betül Tanbay – Professor of Mathematics *

Attila Aşkar Attila Aşkar (born September 4, 1943) is a Turkish civil engineer, scientist and former president of the Koç University in Rumelifeneri, Istanbul, Turkey during 2001 and 2009. Life Attila Aşkar was born on September 4, 1943 in Bolvadin, Afyo ...

– Professor of Mathematics, Rector of

between 2001 and 2009 *

Erdal İnönü Erdal İnönü (6 June 1926 – 31 October 2007) was a Turkish theoretical physicist and politician, who served as the interim Prime Minister of Turkey between 16 May and 25 June 1993. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from ...

– Former Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Former Dean, Professor Emeritus of Physics,

Sabancı University Sabancı University ( tr, Sabancı Üniversitesi), established in 1994, is a young foundation university located on a 1.26 million squaremeter campus which is about 40 km from Istanbul's city center. Its first students matriculated in 1999. ...

, recipient of the Wigner Medal 2004 *

– Former Prime Minister of Turkey, Professor of Economics * Lale Akarun – Professor of Computer Engineering * Ersin Kalaycıoğlu – Professor of Political Science, Rector of

Işık University Işık University ( tr, Işık Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is a part of the Feyziye Schools Foundation's Işık Schools, which was established by the Feyz-i Sıbyan School in the city of Sal ...

since 2004 *

Karl von Terzaghi Karl von Terzaghi (October 2, 1883 – October 25, 1963) was an Austrian mechanical engineer, geotechnical engineer, and geologist known as the "father of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering". Early life In 1883, he was born the first ch ...

– Civil engineer, known as the Father of Soil Mechanics *

Heath Lowry Heath Ward Lowry (born 23 December 1942) is the Atatürk Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies emeritus at Princeton University and Bahçeşehir University. He is an author of books about the history of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Tur ...

– Professor of History,

* Aptullah Kuran – Professor of Art History, Student Dean, Formerly of Robert College, First Rector of Boğaziçi University (deceased) * Engin Arık – Professor of Physics (deceased)

Rectors

(1863–1877) * George Washburn (1878–1903) * Caleb F. Gates (1903–1932) *

Paul Monroe Paul Monroe, Ph.D., LL.D. (1869–1947) was an American educator. Biography He was born at North Madison, Indiana. He graduated at Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana in 1890, studied at the University of Heidelberg and took his Ph.D. from the ...

(1932–1935) * Walter L. Wright Jr (1935–1943) * Floyd H. Black (1944–1955) * Duncans Balantine (1955–1961) * Patrick Murphy Malin (1962–1965) * Dwight James Simpson (1965–1967) *

John Scott Everton John Scott Everton (March 7, 1908 – January 23, 2003) was an American college president and diplomat. He was educated at Colgate University Divinity School, Cambridge, and Yale. He worked on the research staff at the Ford Foundation. He ser ...

(1968–1971) * Aptullah Kuran (1971–1979) * Semih Tezcan (1979–1982) *

Ergün Toğrol Ergun or Ergün may refer to: Places * Ergun, Inner Mongolia, China *Argun River (Asia), part of the Sino-Russian border Given name *Ergun Caner (born 1966), Swedish-American academic, author, and Baptist minister *Ergün Penbe Ergün Penbe (b ...

(1982–1992) * Üstün Ergüder (1992–2000) * Sabih Tansal (2000–2004) * Ayşe Soysal (2004–2008) * Kadri Özçaldıran (2008–2012) * Gülay Barbarosoğlu (2012–2016) * (appointed) Mehmed Özkan (2016–2021) * (appointed) Melih Bulu (2021) * (appointed) Naci Inci (2022)

References

External links

Boğaziçi University home page

Boğaziçi University main page
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Notable alumni

Notable faculty

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