Erdoğan Büyükkasap (3 February 1962 – 18 March 2010) was a Turkish scientist and academic. He was president of
Erzincan University, a university in
Erzincan
Erzincan (; ), historically Yerznka (), is the capital of Erzincan Province in eastern Turkey. Nearby cities include Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, and Giresun. The city is majority Turkish Sunni w ...
, Turkey.
Büyükkasap was born in
Tosya
Tosya (), previously called Theodosia ( Greek: Θεοδοσία) or Doceia ( Greek: Δοκεία) under the Byzantine Empire, is a town in Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, ...
,
Kastamonu
Kastamonu, formerly Kastamone/Castamone () and Kastamon/Castamon (), is a city in northern Turkey. It is the seat of Kastamonu Province and Kastamonu District. , Turkey on 3 February 1962. He received a bachelor's degree in 1983 and a master's degree in 1988 from Atatürk University. He became an associate professor at the university in 1994 and a full professor in 1999. He was later appointed as a dean. He was appointed by
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Ahmet Necdet Sezer (; born 13 September 1941) is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the tenth president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously, he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from January 1998 to May 2000. The ...
who was president until 2007. He was married and had one son and one daughter.
He was found dead on 18 March 2010 in the house provided for him by the government, apparently having hanged himself.
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1962 births
2010 suicides
2010 deaths
Academic staff of Atatürk University
Atatürk University alumni
Turkish scientists
Academic staff of Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University
Rectors of universities and colleges in Turkey
Suicides by hanging in Turkey
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