Kırklareli University is a state public state university located in Kırklareli. It is one of the 17 new universities established under Law No. 5662, approved 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 ...
on 29 May 2007. The university is a member of the
Balkan Universities Network
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.
In 2008, the university held a competition on who could design a new logo.
The winning logo's core elements were exactly the same as those of the
Emblem of Macau
The Regional Emblem of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China came into use on 20 December 1999, when the sovereignty of Macau was handed over from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China. T ...
, which was first published in 1992 and adopted in 1993 by a congressional resolution of the
8th National People's Congress
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Seat distribution
The first session Elected state leaders
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of China.
This
plagiarism
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issue had been reported and criticized by the Macau media.
The logo was submitted by Abdullah K., who insisted it was an original creation, despite its high level of similarities to the Emblem of Macau.
Kırklareli University decided not to pay the logo submitter the award money of 4,000 Turkish Lira due to plagiarism concerns surrounding the winning logo, even though it was adopted as the official school logo in practice.
See also
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List of universities in Turkey
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External links
Webpage Kirklareli University
References
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State universities and colleges in Turkey
Universities and colleges in Turkey
Educational institutions established in 2007
2007 establishments in Turkey
University
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