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'''Ahmed Boulaleh Barreh''' (born 1929) is a [[Djibouti]]an politician. He is the Vice-President of the [[People's Social Democratic Party]] (PPSD) and a member of the [[National Assembly of Djibouti]].<ref name=CV>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051202014207/http://www.assemblee-nationale.dj/quiestqui.html Short CV at National Assembly website] {{fr icon}}.</ref>
{{Infobox University
|name=Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU)
|native_name=Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)
|image=[[Image:Emulogo cy.gif|110px]]
|established=[[1979]]
|motto=
|known as= EMU or DAÜ
|type=State-trust-run
|rector= Prof. Dr. Ufuk Taner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brtk.cc/index.php/cat/2/news/32095
|accessdate=2008-08-29
|title=PROF DR UFUK TANERI TAKES OVER AS THE NEW EMU RECTOR
|work=BRT
|date=2008-05-16
}}</ref>
|students= approx. 14000
|city=[[Famagusta|Gazi Mağusa]] ([[Famagusta]])
|country=Cyprus
|website=http://www.emu.edu.tr
}}


The '''Eastern Mediterranean University''' ({{lang-tr|Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi}}) is located in the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]].
Boulaleh was born in [[Ali-Sabieh]]. He was first elected to the National Assembly in 1977 and was continuously re-elected during the subsequent 20 years. He was appointed to the government as Minister of the Interior, Posts and Communications on 13 May 1991,<ref name=CV/> and in the [[Djiboutian parliamentary election, 1992|December 1992 parliamentary election]], he was the second candidate on the candidate list of the governing [[People's Rally for Progress]] (RPP) for the [[Djibouti (city)|city of Djibouti]].<ref>[http://www.presidence.dj/LES%20TEXTES/decr0129pr92.htm "Décret n°92-0129/PR/INT Abrogeant et remplaçant le décret n°92-0124/PR/INT du 16 novembre 1992 portant publication des listes de candidats et ouverture de la campagne électorale pour les élections législatives du 18 décembre 1992."], ''Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti'', 1992 {{fr icon}}.</ref> Following this election, he was moved to the post of Minister of National Defense on 4 February 1993.<ref name=CV/> He served as Minister of National Defense until 27 March 1996, when he was dismissed from the government, along with Justice Minister [[Moumin Bahdon Farah]], by President [[Hassan Gouled Aptidon]].<ref name=Mar>"Mar 1996 - Government changes", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 42, March, 1996 Djibouti, Page 40987.</ref>


The university was established in 1979 as a higher-education institution of technology for Turkish Cypriots. In 1986, it was converted to a state-trust-run university. The campus is located 10 km from the city of [[Famagusta]].{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
Together with two other National Assembly deputies&mdash;Farah and [[Ali Mahamade Houmed]]&mdash;he released a communiqué urging party militants and the people "to come together and mobilize to thwart, by all legal and peaceful means, this deliberate policy of President Hassan Gouled Aptidon to rule by terror and force while trampling underfoot our Constitution and republican institutions." As a result of this communiqué, he and the other two deputies were accused of offending the Head of State,<ref name=Civil>[http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0811fcbd0b9f6bd58025667300306dea/003e61e96b6af7c18025673e004822bc?OpenDocument#Djibouti "CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY"], United Nations Economic and Social Council, E/CN.4/1999/60, 13 January 1999.</ref> and their parliamentary immunity was lifted on 15 June 1996 so that they could be tried on this charge. They appealed the lifting of their parliamentary immunity to the Constitutional Council on 20 June, and it responded favorably in a decision on 31 July 1996.<ref name=Civil/><ref>[http://www.presidence.dj/LES%20TEXTES/deci01cc.htm "Décision n°96-01/CC"], ''Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti'', 31 July 1996 {{fr icon}}.</ref> Despite this, they were sentenced to six months in prison in August 1996. They were also fined and deprived of their civic rights for five years, thereby barring them from seeking election to the National Assembly during that time. A subsequent report to the [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]] asserted that the trial was unfair.<ref name=Civil/>


[[Image:Arts Science emu cy.jpg|right|thumb|Faculty of Arts and Sciences main entrance.]]
Two years later, along with Farah and 15 soldiers, Boulaleh was charged with fomenting military unrest and plotting a coup; the accused were put on trial in September 1998.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/165724.stm "Djibouti ex-ministers on coup plot charges"], BBC News, 6 September 1998.</ref>
The university has 50 departments (7 Faculties and 3 Schools) offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as a research infrastructure. The medium of instruction is entirely in English.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.english-schools.org/turkey/turkish-universities.htm |title = Turkish Universties - Bilgi University, Eastern Mediterranean University, Marmara University, Yeditepe University - Directory of International and English Schools in Turkey |accessdate = 2008-08-07}}</ref>
[[Academic Programs of EMU]] are broad and include Physical and Social Sciences with
considerable research studies via [http://research.emu.edu.tr/ Research Advisory Board].
The university's noticeably high-standard departments are Physics, Engineering (Mechanical and Electronics), Music, History, English Literature and Humanities, Archaeology and Art History.


Currently the school enrolls approximately 15,000 students from at least 68 countries and academic staff from at least 38 countries.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
A political party founded by Farah, the People's Social Democratic Party (PPSD), was legally registered in October 2002.<ref>[http://www.adi.dj/archives/adi1002/adi3045D311002.htm "Le nouveau parti politique de M. Moumin Bahdon Farah, le PPDS, voit le jour"], ADI, 31 October 2002 {{fr icon}}.</ref> Boulaleh became Vice-President of the PPSD and was elected to the National Assembly in the [[Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2003|January 2003 parliamentary election]]<ref name=CV/> as the eighth candidate on the candidate list of the ruling coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), in the [[Djibouti (city)|
city of Djibouti]].<ref>[http://www.presidence.dj/LES%20TEXTES/decr0261pr02.htm "Décret n°2002-0261/PR/MID Portant publication des listes des candidats en vue des élections législatives du vendredi 10 janvier 2003."], ''Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti'', 25 December 2002 {{fr icon}}.</ref>


==History and Status==
In the [[Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2008|February 2008 parliamentary election]], Boulaleh was the 11th candidate on the UMP's candidate list for the city of Djibouti,<ref>[http://www.adi.dj/fr/services.php?m=article&id=10045&a=1 "Liste des 65 candidats de l’UMP pour les législatives de février 2008"], ADI, 22 January 2008 {{fr icon}}.</ref> and he was re-elected. As the oldest member of the National Assembly, he presided over the first sitting of the new parliamentary term, at which [[Idriss Arnaoud Ali]] was re-elected as President of the National Assembly, on 20 February 2008.<ref>[http://www.adi.dj/fr/services.php?m=article&id=10137&a=1 "Idriss Arnaoud Ali reconduit au poste du président de l’Assemblée nationale"], ADI, 20 February 2008 {{fr icon}}.</ref>


[[Image:Emu cy mecheng main.jpg|right|thumb|Mechanical Engineering, one of the oldest buildings on campus.]]
==References==
{{reflist}}


The university's initial establishment was called Institute of Technology, for that reason
{{djibouti-bio-stub}}
traditionally Engineering fields considered as its founding departments. But after
[[Category:Djiboutian politicians|Boulaleh]]
University's fast expansion in the 90s, social sciences and arts are also becoming quite strong in their own right.
Specially [http://brahms.emu.edu.tr/music/ Music], English Literature, Communications and [http://ir.emu.edu.tr/ International Relations] perform very well.

Departments of [http://me.emu.edu.tr/ Mechanical] and [http://www.ee.emu.edu.tr/ Electronics/Electrical Engineering] have been evaluated by [[ABET]].
It is one of the few departments given substantial recognition in its education level that is similar to an American University.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.abet.org/Linked%20Documents-UPDATE/International/05%20Substantially%20Equivalent.pdf |title = Substantially Equivalent Programs |accessdate = 2008-08-07|format=PDF}}</ref>
Also Civil, Industrial and Computer Engineering departments have achieved high level of standards and
their graduates can advanced in both academia and industry.

University is a full member of the [[European University Association]]<ref>http://www.emu.edu.tr/EUA-report.pdf</ref> and the [[International Association of Universities]]. The university established its accreditation for Turkish students under the Council of Higher Education<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.euroeducation.net/prof/turkco.htm |title = Structure Of Education System In Turkey |accessdate = 2008-08-07}}</ref> and Turkish Cypriot higher education organisation, but retains its independent structure via its non-profit foundation.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060326213544/http://www.emu.edu.tr/mevzuat/mevzuat/kurulus-vyk/01-vyk%20tuzuk.pdf Vakıf Yöneticiler Kurulu Çalışma Esasları ve Sekreteryasının Kuruluş Tüzüğü] {{tr icon}} {{Verify source|date=August 2008}}</ref> Many of the leading institutions around the world, accepts its granted degrees as it is, depending upon the
department and the curriculum. Many of the graduates have gone on to graduate study in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Germany.

==Library==

<gallery align=right perrow=3>
Image:Emu cy library arial.jpg|Aerial view of the library in Fall 2007.
Image:Emu cy library. entrance.jpg|Library main entrance. Building was finished in 1994.
Image:Emu cy library inside.jpg|Library inside view from 3rd floor.
Image:Emu cy library eu corner.jpg|Library's EU Corner.
Image:Emu cy library us corner.jpg|Library's American Corner.<ref name="usembassy1"/>
Image:Emu cy pathway fromlibrary.jpg|A pathway from Library towards central campus.
</gallery>

The [http://library.emu.edu.tr/englibrary/default.htm university's library] is one the largest on the island, collection reached more than 120,000 books, and offers free access to hundreds of information databases and sources to the users.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}

The library also provides inter-library loan system thus making it easy for research activities. Collections on Physical Sciences considerably sufficient for undergraduates and beginning post-graduates.

The strong areas of material, library owns, can be counted as follows: Considerable collection on [[Applied Mathematics]] and [[Computer Science]], English Literature, basic related Engineering literature and small amount of Theoretical Physics. Engineering sections divided into specialized areas of relevant
existing departments in the university. Sections on international relations, communication studies,
philosophy and law are expanding rapidly compare to initial established materials.

Visual and reference materials sections are separate and served in the second floor. The university also collects all postgraduate works in the library.

Large lecture hall in the entrance is utilized for conferences and special events. It is usual to see music recitals there, too. Classical Music listening room has been active since 1998, and its collection increasing.

There are European and American corners<ref name="usembassy1">{{cite web|url = http://nicosia.usembassy.gov/AmericanCorners/AC_EMU.htm |title = American Corners |accessdate = 2008-08-07}}</ref> in the library. Those corners contain material about history and people of America. European corner mostly presents information about EU and its structure.

==Sports and Social Life==

[[Image:Emu cy sports hall.jpg|right|thumb|An aerial view of the indoor facility]]
The expansion of the University during the 90s was not only building and pure educational oriented. It has given an important investment on sports facilities and social activities. University owns an indoor sports complex (basketball, volleyball,.. etc), a small stadium (which is the home of American Football [http://emucrows.com EMUCROWS], Soccer), tennis fields.

The annual [http://www.emu.edu.tr/fest/ Spring Festival] was introduced in 1993. It is one of the biggest festivals in North Cyprus alongside the Famagusta Festival. Spring Festival gathers in one peaceful festival
all the different ethnic communities in EMU, which covers many origins from
Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.

University owns a radio station on 106.5 FM called [http://radio.emu.edu.tr/ Radio EMU] broadcasting to whole island.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://radiostationworld.com/locations/cyprus/radio_websites.asp |title = RadioStationWorld - Cyprus - Radio Station Websites |accessdate = 2008-08-07}}</ref> It is run by students of the Communications department.

== Notable faculty ==

<!-- please list only people with their own article in order to avoid linkfarms, as in the past -->
* [[Mustafa Halilsoy]], Theoretical Physics (Gravitation and Nonlinear Mathematics)

== Allegations of administrative misconduct ==

A North Cypriot Newspaper, ''[[Cyprus Today]]'', published two articles in 2008, featuring allegations of mobbing and bullying at the school, particularly against foreign faculty.<ref>Dan Gibson, "EMU 'rife with bullying' by senior staff, claims ex-lecturer," ''[[Cyprus Today]]'' May 31, 2008, (p. 11)</ref><ref>Dan Gibson, "EMU demotes distinguished UK academic," ''[[Cyprus Today]]'' June 21, 2008, (page 3)</ref>

In the first article, the newspaper quoted the allegations of an ex-faculty member who claimed that he was forced to resign after he was harassed, professionally sabotaged, and the victim of false allegations (of which he was later exonerated after appealing to international organizations). The article also provided the reaction of the school: School administration denied the allegations and stated that the allegations were 'Utterly false and that no such thing has occured and nothing can be substatiated'. A spokesman for the Worker's union said they were not aware even though a student had gone to the trouble of speaking to them about the complaints.

In the second article, the newspaper reported about the penalizing of a British Faculty member, who was removed from the position of department chair for undisclosed reasons. The faculty member declined to comment, saying: "I don't want to comment because I feel that I have to work here for some time and don't want to cause any problems. I don't want anything I have to say to be misconstued by anyone. I just want to carry on with my work" University administration also declined to comment.

== Faculties and Schools ==

Faculty of Buisness and Economics [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/businesseconomics.asp]

Faculty of Engineering [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/engineering.asp]

Faculty of Arts and Sciences [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/artandscience.asp]

Faculty of Law [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/law.asp]

Faculty of Architechture [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/architecture.asp]

Faculty of Communication [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/communication.asp]

Faculty of Education [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/education.asp]

General Education [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/generaleducation.asp]

School of Computing and Technology [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/computingtech.asp]

School of Tourism and Hospitality Management [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/tourismschool.asp]

School of Applied Disciplines [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/schapplieddiscipline.asp]

School of Foreign Languages [http://ww3.emu.edu.tr/English/Faculty&Sch/sfl.asp]

== References ==

<references/>

==External links==
*[http://easternmediterraneanuniversity.blogspot.com/ EMU Blog]
*[http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Famagusta,+Cyprus&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=35.14213,33.911539&spn=0.002514,0.005697 Google Map Image of the campus]

[[Category:Commonwealth Universities]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]]
[[Category:Music schools in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]]
[[Category:Engineering universities and colleges]]
[[Category:Technical universities and colleges]]
[[Category:Education in the European Union]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1979]]

[[de:Ostmediterrane Universität]]
[[tr:Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi]]

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Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU)
Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)
File:Emulogo cy.gif
TypeState-trust-run
Established1979
RectorProf. Dr. Ufuk Taner[1]
Studentsapprox. 14000
Location
Gazi Mağusa (Famagusta)
,
Cyprus
Websitehttp://www.emu.edu.tr

The Eastern Mediterranean University (Turkish: Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi) is located in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

The university was established in 1979 as a higher-education institution of technology for Turkish Cypriots. In 1986, it was converted to a state-trust-run university. The campus is located 10 km from the city of Famagusta.[citation needed]

Faculty of Arts and Sciences main entrance.

The university has 50 departments (7 Faculties and 3 Schools) offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as a research infrastructure. The medium of instruction is entirely in English.[2] Academic Programs of EMU are broad and include Physical and Social Sciences with considerable research studies via Research Advisory Board. The university's noticeably high-standard departments are Physics, Engineering (Mechanical and Electronics), Music, History, English Literature and Humanities, Archaeology and Art History.

Currently the school enrolls approximately 15,000 students from at least 68 countries and academic staff from at least 38 countries.[citation needed]

History and Status

Mechanical Engineering, one of the oldest buildings on campus.

The university's initial establishment was called Institute of Technology, for that reason traditionally Engineering fields considered as its founding departments. But after University's fast expansion in the 90s, social sciences and arts are also becoming quite strong in their own right. Specially Music, English Literature, Communications and International Relations perform very well.

Departments of Mechanical and Electronics/Electrical Engineering have been evaluated by ABET. It is one of the few departments given substantial recognition in its education level that is similar to an American University.[3] Also Civil, Industrial and Computer Engineering departments have achieved high level of standards and their graduates can advanced in both academia and industry.

University is a full member of the European University Association[4] and the International Association of Universities. The university established its accreditation for Turkish students under the Council of Higher Education[5] and Turkish Cypriot higher education organisation, but retains its independent structure via its non-profit foundation.[6] Many of the leading institutions around the world, accepts its granted degrees as it is, depending upon the department and the curriculum. Many of the graduates have gone on to graduate study in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Germany.

Library

  • Aerial view of the library in Fall 2007.
    Aerial view of the library in Fall 2007.
  • Library main entrance. Building was finished in 1994.
    Library main entrance. Building was finished in 1994.
  • Library inside view from 3rd floor.
    Library inside view from 3rd floor.
  • Library's EU Corner.
    Library's EU Corner.
  • Library's American Corner.[7]
    Library's American Corner.[7]
  • A pathway from Library towards central campus.
    A pathway from Library towards central campus.

The university's library is one the largest on the island, collection reached more than 120,000 books, and offers free access to hundreds of information databases and sources to the users.[citation needed]

The library also provides inter-library loan system thus making it easy for research activities. Collections on Physical Sciences considerably sufficient for undergraduates and beginning post-graduates.

The strong areas of material, library owns, can be counted as follows: Considerable collection on Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, English Literature, basic related Engineering literature and small amount of Theoretical Physics. Engineering sections divided into specialized areas of relevant existing departments in the university. Sections on international relations, communication studies, philosophy and law are expanding rapidly compare to initial established materials.

Visual and reference materials sections are separate and served in the second floor. The university also collects all postgraduate works in the library.

Large lecture hall in the entrance is utilized for conferences and special events. It is usual to see music recitals there, too. Classical Music listening room has been active since 1998, and its collection increasing.

There are European and American corners[7] in the library. Those corners contain material about history and people of America. European corner mostly presents information about EU and its structure.

Sports and Social Life

An aerial view of the indoor facility

The expansion of the University during the 90s was not only building and pure educational oriented. It has given an important investment on sports facilities and social activities. University owns an indoor sports complex (basketball, volleyball,.. etc), a small stadium (which is the home of American Football EMUCROWS, Soccer), tennis fields.

The annual Spring Festival was introduced in 1993. It is one of the biggest festivals in North Cyprus alongside the Famagusta Festival. Spring Festival gathers in one peaceful festival all the different ethnic communities in EMU, which covers many origins from Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.

University owns a radio station on 106.5 FM called Radio EMU broadcasting to whole island.[8] It is run by students of the Communications department.

Notable faculty

Allegations of administrative misconduct

A North Cypriot Newspaper, Cyprus Today, published two articles in 2008, featuring allegations of mobbing and bullying at the school, particularly against foreign faculty.[9][10]

In the first article, the newspaper quoted the allegations of an ex-faculty member who claimed that he was forced to resign after he was harassed, professionally sabotaged, and the victim of false allegations (of which he was later exonerated after appealing to international organizations). The article also provided the reaction of the school: School administration denied the allegations and stated that the allegations were 'Utterly false and that no such thing has occured and nothing can be substatiated'. A spokesman for the Worker's union said they were not aware even though a student had gone to the trouble of speaking to them about the complaints.

In the second article, the newspaper reported about the penalizing of a British Faculty member, who was removed from the position of department chair for undisclosed reasons. The faculty member declined to comment, saying: "I don't want to comment because I feel that I have to work here for some time and don't want to cause any problems. I don't want anything I have to say to be misconstued by anyone. I just want to carry on with my work" University administration also declined to comment.

Faculties and Schools

Faculty of Buisness and Economics [1]

Faculty of Engineering [2]

Faculty of Arts and Sciences [3]

Faculty of Law [4]

Faculty of Architechture [5]

Faculty of Communication [6]

Faculty of Education [7]

General Education [8]

School of Computing and Technology [9]

School of Tourism and Hospitality Management [10]

School of Applied Disciplines [11]

School of Foreign Languages [12]

References

  1. ^ "PROF DR UFUK TANERI TAKES OVER AS THE NEW EMU RECTOR". BRT. 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  2. ^ "Turkish Universties - Bilgi University, Eastern Mediterranean University, Marmara University, Yeditepe University - Directory of International and English Schools in Turkey". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  3. ^ "Substantially Equivalent Programs" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. ^ http://www.emu.edu.tr/EUA-report.pdf
  5. ^ "Structure Of Education System In Turkey". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  6. ^ Vakıf Yöneticiler Kurulu Çalışma Esasları ve Sekreteryasının Kuruluş Tüzüğü Template:Tr icon [verification needed]
  7. ^ a b "American Corners". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  8. ^ "RadioStationWorld - Cyprus - Radio Station Websites". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  9. ^ Dan Gibson, "EMU 'rife with bullying' by senior staff, claims ex-lecturer," Cyprus Today May 31, 2008, (p. 11)
  10. ^ Dan Gibson, "EMU demotes distinguished UK academic," Cyprus Today June 21, 2008, (page 3)

External links

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