This is a list of educational institutions that were shut down in the course of the
2016 Turkish purges
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* '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
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On 23 July 2016, President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the List of presidents of Turkey, 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Lis ...
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 ( tr, Gülen hareketi), referred to by its participants as Hizmet ("service") or Cemaat ("community") and since 2016 by the Government of Turkey as FETÖ ("Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation" or, more commonly, "Fethullah T ...
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İpek University
İpek University ( tr, İpek Üniversitesi, lit=Silk University) was a private university in Çankaya, the central district of Ankara, Turkey. Established in 2011, the university was one out of fifteen private universities that were closed by th ...
, Ankara
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Bursa Orhangazi University
Bursa Orhangazi University ( tr, Bursa Orhangazi Üniversitesi), named after Ottoman bey Orhan Gazi, was a private university in Bursa, Turkey. Established in 2011, the university was one out of fifteen private universities that were closed by ...
, Bursa
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Canik Başarı University, Samsun
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Selahattin Eyyubi University, Diyarbakır
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Fatih University
Fatih University ( tr, Fatih Üniversitesi) was a leading private (foundation) university located in the metropolitan Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1996, the university was closed by the Turkish government in July 2016 ...
, Istanbul.
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Melikşah University, Kayseri
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Mevlana University, Konya
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Şifa University
Şifa University is a foundation university with the theme of health, which was founded in 2010 by Turkish medical doctors. It is located in Izmir.
Undergraduate programs
Şifa University's three schools offer 5 academic departments:
* Scho ...
, Izmir
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Turgut Özal University
Turgut Özal University ( tr, Turgut Özal Üniversitesi) was a private university located in the Etlik neighborhood of Keçiören, a metropolitan district of Ankara, Turkey.
The university was established in 2008 by the ''Turgut Özal Thought a ...
, Ankara
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Zirve University
The Zirve University ( Turkish ''Zirve Üniversitesi'') 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) institut ...
, Gaziantep
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Kanuni University
Kanuni University was a higher education institution in the city of Adana
Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, i ...
, Adana
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İzmir University
İzmir University ( tr, İzmir Üniversitesi) 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 ...
, Izmir
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Murat Hüdavendigar University, Istanbul
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Gediz University
Gediz University ( tr, Gediz Üniversitesi) was a private university located in the Seyrek neighborhood of Menemen, a metropolitan district of Izmir, Turkey. It was established in 2008. On 23 July 2016, in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges, ...
, Izmir
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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 ...
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Gülhane Military Academy of Medicine
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Military Academy
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...
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Naval Academy
A naval academy provides education for prospective naval officers.
See also
* Military academy
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally pro ...
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 Üniversitesi Sema U.A. Merkezi, İstanbul
# Özel Burç Genetik Hastalıkları Tanı Merkezi, İstanbul
# Özel Donegen Genetik Hastalıkları Tanı Merkezi, İstanbul
# Özel İstanbul Kadın Sağlığı Ve Tüp Bebek Merkezi, İstanbul
# İzmir Şifa Üniversitesi Bornova Dializ Merkezi, İzmir
# İzmir Şifa Üniversitesi Bornova Sağl. Uyg. Arş. Merkezi, İzmir
# Hacettepe Ftr Merkezi, Kayseri
# Özel Kayseri Göz Hastanesi, Kayseri
# Mevlana Üniversitesi Dializ Merkezi, Konya
# Mevlana Üniversitesi Hastanesi, Konya
# Özel Kütahya Kent Hastanesi, Kütahya
# Özel Altınova Hastanesi, Sakarya
# Özel Ailemiz Tıp Merkezi, Şanlı
urfa
Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa () and in ancient times as Edessa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km east of the Euphrates River. Its climate features e ...
# 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