İzmir University () was a university in the Üçkuyular neighborhood of

Karabağlar Karabağlar () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 89 km2, and its population is 479,338 (2022). It is the second biggest district of İzmir Province as terms of population. It covers the south-central part ...

, a metropolitan district of

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

, Turkey. It was established in 2007 by the Doğanata Education and Culture Foundation, which opened in 2008. On 23 July 2016, in the course of the

2016 Turkish purges Since 2016, the Government of Turkey, government of Turkey has conducted a series of purges, enabled by a Martial law and state of emergency in Turkey, state of emergency in reaction to the 2016 Turkish coup attempt, failed coup attempt on 15 Ju ...

, the university was closed by the Turkish government due to its alleged ties with the

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. The staff of the university rejected the accusations.

Faculties

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences consisted of four departments: * Department of Business Administration * Department of Political Science and Administration * Department of International Relations * Department of Trade and Finance

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences consisted of four departments: * Department of American Culture and Literature * Department of English Language Teaching * Department of Psychology * Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering consisted of four departments: * Department of Computer Engineering * Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering * Department of Software Engineering * Department of Industrial Engineering

Faculty of Architecture

The Faculty of Engineering consisted of two departments: * Dept. of Architecture * Dept. of Interior Arch. and Envir.

Faculty of Law

School of Health

The School of Health consisted of two departments: * Department of Nursing * Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

School of Foreign Languages

Vocational School

The university's vocational school offered courses in: * Computer Programming * Child Development * Accounting and Tax App. * Electronics and Tel. Tech. * Tourism and Hotel Management * Tourism and Travel Management

Institutes

* Institute of Engineering and Physical Sciences * Institute of Social Sciences

References

External links

* Private universities and colleges in Turkey Universities and colleges in İzmir Universities and colleges established in 2007 2007 establishments in Turkey Educational institutions shut down in the 2016 Turkish purges Defunct universities and colleges in Turkey {{Turkey-university-stub