Istanbul University

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Istanbul University
İstanbul Üniversitesi
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motto "Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü - The bridge of science from the past to the future"
founding 1453
Sponsorship state
place Istanbul
country TurkeyTurkey Turkey
Rector Mahmut Ak
Students 108,901 (2013)
Employee 12,100 (2013)
including professors 1478
Networks BAUNAS
Website www.istanbul.edu.tr
On the left the main entrance and in the back the fire watch tower in the central campus in the district of Fatih
Inner courtyard of the rectorate building on the central campus
The rectorate building in the central campus
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The University of Istanbul ( Turkish : İstanbul Üniversitesi ) is a state university in the Istanbul district of Fatih and with over 100,000 students and 5,000 academic staff one of the largest and most renowned universities in Turkey . The university is a member of the network of Balkan universities and the Coimbra group , exchange agreements have existed since 1998 with the US University of Virginia's College at Wise .

history

After the conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II on May 29, 1453, three days later, after the Friday prayers, he gave the order to found a madrasa . Subsequently, parts of the Hagia Sophia and the Zeyrek Mosque (at that time Pantocrator monastery) were converted into madrasa in the same year . These two madrasa are considered to be the cornerstone of Istanbul University. After their completion in 1470, they became part of the Külliye of the Fatih Mosque .

Although a resolution of July 21, 1846 aimed to found a university in the European sense, various incidents delayed the founding.

It was not until 1900 that the Darülfünun ("House of Science") could actually start operating. The current rectorate building in the central campus, which is located in the Beyazıt district of the Fatih district, was the headquarters of the Ottoman Ministry of War until 1923. After the Turkish Republic was proclaimed in 1923, the ministry was relocated to the new capital Ankara and the building with the surrounding facilities was left to the Darülfünun. In 1933 the Darülfünun was closed and re-established by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as the University of Istanbul, in which all previous institutions were now combined. Ataturk's personal physician and professor of medicine Neṣet Ömer İrdelp became the first rector. Around 42 lecturers who had emigrated from National Socialist Germany were employed at the new university (see also Exile in Turkey 1933–1945 ). At the medical faculty alone, 16 German medical professors, some of them world-famous, worked between 1933 and 1945 as directors of clinics and institutes. Albert Malche and Philipp Schwartz were primarily involved in filling the positions . The Turkish Dental Association also initiated the invitation of French and Swiss professors of dentistry to Istanbul.

The historic buildings in the central campus such as the rectorate building , the main entrance, the eastern side entrance and the two buildings next to the main entrance were built by the French architect Bourgeois in the years 1865–1866.

Faculties

The university offers degrees in a total of 767 courses in 20 faculties and 12 other institutions (2013). Including the following faculties:

See also

Web links

Commons : Istanbul University  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tarihçe. In: http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/ . İstanbul Üniversitesi, January 2006, p. 1 , accessed on March 20, 2009 (Turkmen language).
  2. ↑ Members. In: www.baunas.org. Balkan Universities Association, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  3. ^ Conference of the Balkan Universities May 2010 in Edirne ( Memento of August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Yolcu, Ergün; 1453′den Günümüze İstanbul Üniversitesi, Boyut Matbaası, 2011 (Turkish)
  5. ↑ Emre Dölen: "Darülfünun". in Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi , İstanbul 1985, II, 476-477; on Turkish university history also: Horst Widmann: Exil und Bildungshilfe. German-speaking academic emigration to Turkey after 1933 , Bern / Frankfurt 1973, 28–41
  6. ↑ Ali Vicdani Doyum: Alfred Kantorowicz with special reference to his work in İstanbul (A contribution to the history of modern dentistry). Medical dissertation, Würzburg 1985, pp. 48-93.
  7. ↑ http://www2.istanbul.edu.tr/?p=11034&upm_export=print (Turkish)

Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′ 47 "  N , 28 ° 57 ′ 50"  E