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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]

Organization

İzmir Democracy University has 10 faculties, 3 institutes and 3 other schools.[7]

Faculties

  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Science and Literature
  • Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences
  • Faculty of Fine Arts
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Architecture
  • Faculty of Medical Sciences
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Dentistry

Institutes

  • Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering
  • Institute of Social Sciences
  • Institute of Medical Sciences

Other schools

  • School of Foreign Languages
  • Vocational School of Health Services
  • Vocational School

References

38°23′37″N 27°04′26″E / 38.39357°N 27.07377°E / 38.39357; 27.07377

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