Who are the rectors President Erdoğan has appointed to 16 universities?

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed rectors to 16 universities, including Middle East Technical University, Istanbul Technical University, Gazi University and Ankara University.

Who are the rectors appointed to universities?

Adana Alparslan Turkes Science and Technology University: The new rector of the university, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Tümay became.

Tümay received her undergraduate education at the Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Afterwards, Tümay completed his master’s degree in Gaziantep University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and completed his doctorate in the same department at the University of Strathclyde. Receiving the title of Professor in 2006, Tümay was last working at Çukurova University.

Mediterranean UniversityAppointed as the new rector of the university, Prof. Dr. Özlenen Özkan completed his undergraduate education at the medical school of the same school. Özkan, who completed his specialty in his school, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, was the head of this department.

Ankara universityProf. appointed as the rector of the university. Dr. Necdet Ünüvar graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine in 1984. Unüvar, who completed his specialty training in the field of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at Ankara Training and Research Hospital between 1994-1996, became a Professor in the Department of Internal Diseases at Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine in 2001. Ünüvar, who served as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in 2002, also served as the Justice and Development Party Adana MP for the 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th terms in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

Ataturk UniversityAssigned to Atatürk University in 2016, Prof. Dr. Ömer Çomaklı will continue his duty at the school with the decision taken by Erdoğan. Çomaklı graduated from Istanbul Technical University Mechanical Engineering Department and received his master’s degree from Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Science; He did his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Atatürk University.

Cukurova University: The new rector of the university, Prof. Dr. Meryem Tuncel completed her undergraduate education at the Faculty of Medicine of Çukurova University. Then, Tuncel, who started the Connecticut University Faculty of Medicine, specialized in internal medicine and kidney diseases; He served as the Head of the Department of Nephroloi in Texas Tech University School of Medicine.

Tuncel received the ‘Endowed Chair Award’, which is recognized as one of the prestigious awards in the field of medicine in the United States, and is given to honor medical faculty professors who have ‘Achieved Excellence in Their Field’. Thanks to this award, Tuncel ensured that 1 million dollars was donated to the university where he worked.

Dicle UniversityProf. Dr. Mehmet Karakoç was appointed as the new rector of his school, in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Faculty of Medicine. Karakoç previously worked at Karabük University.

Fırat UniversityProf.: He graduated from Fırat University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics Engineering. Dr. Fahrettin Göktaş was appointed as the rector of the school he graduated from. Graduated from Fırat University, Institute of Science, Göktaş completed his doctorate in Nuclear Reaction Kinetics at Bristol University, England between 1992-1995. In 1995, he made researches on the subject of study in the United States Argon National Laboratory.

In 2011, he was appointed as a professor at Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Department of Energy Systems Engineering. Göktaş served as the Founding Dean of Bartın University Faculty of Science between 2010-2013.

Gazi UniversityProf. Dr. Musa Yıldız also completed his undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies at Gazi University. Having studied Arabic Language, Yıldız received the title of Professor at the same school in 2007. Between 2014-2019, he served as the Head of the Gazi Education Faculty Arabic Language Education Department. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hoca Ahmet Yesevi University between 2015-2020.

Inonu University: Professor who studied undergraduate education at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Ahmet Kızılay was appointed as the new rector of İnönü University. Red Crescent became an Otorhinolaryngology Specialist at İnönü University, where he is the rector, between 1993-1997.

Istanbul Technical UniversityProfessor appointed as the Rector. Dr. İsmail Koyuncu completed his undergraduate, graduate and doctorate in ITU Environmental Engineering department. Koyuncu, who worked as a researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Rice University, took part in the Advisory Board of TÜBİTAK between 2014-2016.

Karadeniz Technical UniversityProf.: He completed his undergraduate, graduate and doctorate studies at Karadeniz Technical University. Dr. Hamdullah Çuvalcı became the new rector of the university. Çuvalcı, who studied Mechanical Engineering, was working as a Professor in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering department at the university.

19 May UniversityProf. Dr. Yavuz Ünal graduated from the Faculty of Theology of the university where he was the rector.

In 1993 the Republic of Turkey Hadith Studies’ at the Master’s thesis, the same year he joined the PhD program in February 1997, rumors of the Prophet. He concluded with his thesis titled “The Role of Mind in Determining and Evaluating the Belonging to the Prophet”. In 1998, he was appointed as Assistant Professor to the Department of Hadith at the Faculty of Theology.

Ünal, who became Associate Professor in 2002 and Professor in 2008, was finally serving as a faculty member at Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Theology Department of Hadith and Head of the Hadith Department.

Middle East Technical University: The rector of the university, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Verşan Kök completed his primary school education at the International School of Prague. Kök graduated from METU, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. Kök, who also worked in many international companies, was elected as the Dean of Engineering Faculty in 2015. He has been serving as the rector of the school since 2016. In 2016, in the university’s rector elections, Prof. Dr. Nevzat Özgüven received 270 votes by far, but President Erdoğan received 117 votes in the elections, and Prof. Dr. He had chosen to appoint Mustafa Verşan Kök as the rector.

Sivas Republic University: The new rector of the university, Prof. Dr. He became Alim Yıldız. Yıldız, who graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Theology, completed her master’s degree in Turkish-Islamic literature at the same faculty. In 1998, he became a research assistant in Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Theology, Department of Turkish-Islamic Literature. He completed his doctorate study at Dokuz Eylül University in 2002. He became an assistant professor in 2004, associate professor in 2006, and professor in 2012. Some of the poems of Yıldız, who was also a poet, were also composed.

University of Trakya: Professor sitting in the seat of the rector at the university. Dr. Erhan Tabakoğlu will continue his duty. Having graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Tabakoğlu received the title of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor in 2005, and Professor in 2011 at Trakya University Chest Diseases Department.

In 2009, he became the Founder and Responsible of Trakya University Hospital Internal Intensive Care Unit. He served here for 5 years without interruption. Then, in 2012, he received the title of “Intensive Care Specialist”. During this period, he worked at different universities such as Hacettepe, Marmara, Gazi and Erciyes.

Professor at Trakya University for 28 years. Dr. Erhan Tabakoğlu has been working as the rector of the university since August 2016.

Yildiz Technical UniversityProf. Dr. Tamer Yılmaz became the new rector of Yıldız Technical University. Yılmaz, who worked in the same position at Hasan Kalyoncu University in 2013, completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in the Department of Naval Engineering at Yıldız Technical University.

Yılmaz, who completed his doctorate at ITU, worked as a Research Engineer at Pisa University between 1997 and 1998.

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