This is a list of educational institutions that were shut down 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 ...
.
On 23 July 2016, President
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...
shut down 1,043 private schools, 1,229 charities and foundations, 19 trade unions, 15 universities and 35 medical institutions in his first emergency decree under the newly adopted
emergency legislation.
Universities
The following fifteen private universities, many of them allegedly affiliated to the
Gülen movement
The Gülen movement () or Hizmet movement () is an Islamist fraternal movement. It is a sub-sect of Sunni Islam based on a Nursian theological perspective as reflected in Fethullah Gülen's religious teachings. It is referred to by its membe ...
, were shut down:
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Ä°pek University, Ankara
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Bursa Orhangazi University, Bursa
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Canik Başarı University, Samsun
# Selahattin Eyyubi University, Diyarbakır
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Fatih University, Istanbul.
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MelikÅŸah University
MelikÅŸah University () was a private university located in the Talas, Turkey, Talas district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Established in 2008, it was the second university established in Kayseri, and its first private university. It was named ...
, Kayseri
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Mevlana University, Konya
# Åžifa University, Izmir Its affiliated hospitals and outpatient clinics, were also closed, with the exception of Healing Hospital (Åžifa Hastanesi) in
Bornova
Bornova is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Ä°zmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 220 km2, and its population is 454,470 (2022). It is the third largest district in Ä°zmir's metropolitan area and is almost fully urbanized at ...
.
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Turgut Özal University, Ankara
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Zirve University
The Zirve University ( Turkish: ''Zirve Ãœniversitesi'') was a private university established in 2009, located in Gaziantep, southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. The university had eight faculties. It was a mix-oriented (research and education) institu ...
, Gaziantep
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Kanuni University, Adana
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Ä°zmir University
İzmir University () was a university in the Üçkuyular neighborhood of Karabağlar, a metropolitan district of İzmir, Turkey. It was established in 2007 by the Doğanata Education and Culture Foundation, which opened in 2008. On 23 July 2016 ...
, Izmir
# Murat Hüdavendigar University, Istanbul
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Gediz University, Izmir
# Süleyman Şah University, Istanbul
According to re-organization of the Armed Forces, all military academies are closed:
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Air Force Academy
An air force academy or air academy is a national institution that provides initial officer training, possibly including undergraduate level education, to air force officer cadets who are preparing to be commissioned officers in a national air forc ...
# Gülhane Military Academy of Medicine
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Military Academy
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Naval Academy
A naval academy provides education for prospective naval officers.
List of naval academies
See also
* Military academy
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Naval academies,
Naval lists ...
Health services
35 health services/hospitals shut down on 23 July 2016.
# Özel Gümüşiğne Fizik Tedavi Ve Rehabilitasyon Tıp Merkezi, Ankara
# Akpol Tıp Merkezi, Ankara
# Gümüşiğne Ftr Merkezi, Ankara
# Nurlu Göz Hastanesi, Ankara
# Sincan Bilgi Tıp Merkezi, Ankara
# Turgut Özal Üniv. Dializ Merkezi, Ankara
# Turgut Özal Üniv. S.U.A.M., Ankara
# Özel Bahar Hastanesi, Bursa
# Özel Rentıp Hastanesi, Bursa
# Özel Erzurum Şifa Hastanesi, Erzurum
# Özel Şifa Dializ Merkezi, Erzurum
# Özel Primer Hospital Hastanesi, Gaziantep
# Fatih Ãœniversitesi Sema U.A. Merkezi, Ä°stanbul
# Özel Burç Genetik Hastalıkları Tanı Merkezi, İstanbul
# Özel Donegen Genetik Hastalıkları Tanı Merkezi, İstanbul
# Özel İstanbul Kadın Sağlığı Ve Tüp Bebek Merkezi, İstanbul
# Ä°zmir Åžifa Ãœniversitesi Bornova Dializ Merkezi, Ä°zmir
# Ä°zmir Åžifa Ãœniversitesi Bornova SaÄŸl. Uyg. ArÅŸ. Merkezi, Ä°zmir
# Hacettepe Ftr Merkezi, Kayseri
# Özel Kayseri Göz Hastanesi, Kayseri
# Mevlana Ãœniversitesi Dializ Merkezi, Konya
# Mevlana Ãœniversitesi Hastanesi, Konya
# Özel Kütahya Kent Hastanesi, Kütahya
# Özel Altınova Hastanesi, Sakarya
# Özel Ailemiz Tıp Merkezi, Şanlı
urfa
Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa (), is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city was known as Edessa from Hellenistic period, Hellenistic times and into Christian times. Urfa is situated on a plain abo ...
# Özel Anadolu Göz Hastalıkları Dal Merkezi, Şanlıurfa
# Özel Baran Tıp Merkezi, Şanlıurfa
# Özel Doğa Tıp Merkezi, Şanlıurfa
# Özel Harranmed Kadın Hastalıkları Ve Doğum Dal Merkezi, Şanlıurfa
# Özel Kurtuluş Dahiliye Dal Merkezi, Şanlıurfa
# Özel Osm Ortadoğu Hastanesi, Şanlıurfa
# Özel Ufuk Tıp Merkezi, Şanlıurfa
# Özel Urfa Ftr Dal Merkezi, Şanlıurfa
# Özel Uzmanlar Tıp Merkezi, Şanlıurfa
# Özel İstanbul Kadın Doğum Ve Cerrahi Hastanesi, Van
References
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Full list of institutions shut down on 23 July 2016
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Institutions shut down
2016–17 purges in Turkey