Gazi University
Project Coordinator
Gazi University is one of the few universities whose history dates back to 1920s. Right after the declaration of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his friends decided to establish an institute. This resulted in the establishment of the ‘Teacher Training Institute’ in 1926. In 1929 the institute was given the name ‘Gazi Teacher Training Institute’ and continued to educate students under this name for many years. In the Academic year 1949‐1950 the institution was given the name ‘Gazi Institute of Education’. In 1982, with the act number 2809 the institution gets the name Gazi University together with Ankara Academy of Economy and Commerce, Ankara College of Technical Teachers, Ankara Girls’ College of Technical Teachers and Ankara Government Academy of Engineering and Architecture. Actually this university is the continuation of the tradition starting with Republic with a new name. Apart from Gazi Faculty of Education, the academies mentioned above play an important role in the establishment of the university. In those days, the Departments of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacology and Communication were all a part of this academy