public university
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Karaman
Karaman is a city in south central Turkey, located in Central Anatolia, north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the seat of Karaman Province and Karaman District.Selcuk University Selcuk is typically a diacritic-free form of Turkish Selçuk, the modern Turkish form of Seljuk or Seljuq.
As such, it may refer to:
* Selçuk (name)
* Selçuk, a town in Turkey
* Seljuk (died c. 1038), leader of the Seljuk Turks
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in 1987. Several other academic units of KMU were established between 1991 and 1997 as a part of Selçuk University including Ermenek Vocational School in 1991, Karaman Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and Vocational School of Health Services in 1992, Kazım Karabekir Vocational School in 1994, Health School of Health Science in 1996, and School of Physical Education and Sports in 1997. In 2006 and 2007, Faculty of Literature and Faculty of Kamil Özdağ Science were established as a part of Selçuk University.
All these academic units, which operated under the name of
Selçuk University
Selçuk University () is a public university, state-owned higher educational institution which was founded 1975 in Konya, Turkey. It is one of the largest universities in Turkey with a student body of 63,000 of which 2,200 are foreign students f ...
, have transferred to the KMU in 29 May 2007 that is the official establishment date of the KMU.
Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, which is currently among the important universities in Turkey with over 17 thousand students, 53 undergraduates, 67 associate degrees and 63 postgraduate (Master and Doctorate degrees) programs and over 1000 academic and administrative staffs, offers important contributions to the higher education community with its extensive campus, laboratories and conference rooms with international standards, modern library, social and sportive facilities. KMU contributes significantly the science especially in the research fields of Turkish language, clean energy, medical technology, food and agriculture Moreover, it aims to be a favorite higher education institution of people in its region by developing a brotherhood relationship with Balkans, Middle East and African countries.
Taha Akgül
Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, European champion, and retired Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-201 ...
, Olympic, World, and European champion Turkish freestyle
wrestler
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Soner Demirtaş
Soner Demirtaş (born 25 June 1991) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler who competes in the 74 kg division. He won the European title in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He was bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics. He is a member of the Ankara ASKI.
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wrestler
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Presidents/Rectors
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List of universities in Turkey
This is a list of universities in Turkey. There are 208 university, universities and academies in total: 129 Public university, public universities (eleven Technical University, technical universities, one Institute of technology, institutes of tec ...