İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi | |
Type | Public university |
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Established | 20 August 2016 |
Location | , |
İzmir Democracy University ( Turkish: İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi) is a public university in İzmir, Turkey. It was established by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 20 August 2016 with other 3 new universities. [a] [1]
İzmir Democracy University was cited by the press as the successor of İzmir University, which was closed private university by Turkish government on 23 July 2016. [2] But the Council of Higher Education denied it and explained that İzmir Democracy University was not founded in place of İzmir University. [3]
In January 2017, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed Prof. Dr. Bedriye Tunçsiper as the rector of the university. [4] [5] On June 10, 2020, with a protocol signed with the Ministry of Health, Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Training and Research Hospital started to be used jointly with the university's medical faculty. [6]
İzmir Democracy University has 10 faculties, 3 institutes and 3 other schools. [7]