The Ankara University, Law School (Turkish: Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi formerly known Ankara Adliye Hukuk Mektebi) is a faculty for law of the Ankara University in Turkey.
Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | November 5, 1925 |
| Location | , 39°55′45″N 32°52′19″E / 39.92906°N 32.87182°E |
| Website | www.law.ankara.edu.tr |
History
editAnkara University, Law School, was founded as a part of a legal revolution in Turkey by the endeavors of Mahmut Esat Bozkurt. The school was opened by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, on November 5, 1925.[1] It was the first modern university-level institution of the newly founded Republic. The Law School had its first graduates in 1928.
Atatürk remarked, "For no other institution do I feel such felicity that I feel for this institution, which will be the warranty of the Republic, and I am glad to reveal and open it" in the opening ceremony thereof.
Authorized abbreviation is AÜHF .
Notable graduates
edit- Deniz Baykal – politician and former leader of the Republican People's Party
- Emine Ülker Tarhan - chairwoman of YARSAV and former leader of Anatolian Party
- Jülide Gülizar – one of Turkey's first female news presenters[2]
- Adnan Menderes – former Prime Minister of Turkey
- Ahmet Necdet Sezer – former President of Turkey
- Tülay Tuğcu – former chief of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
- Kemal Güven – former speaker of the Turkish parliament (1973-1977)
- Uğur Mumcu – investigative journalist for daily Cumhuriyet.
- Turgut Özakman – writer of Şu Çılgın Türkler
- Bülent Arınç – Turkish politician
- Şerafettin Elçi – former Minister of Public Works
- Selahattin Demirtaş – co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party
- Kemal Burkay – politician and writer
- Çetin Altan – journalist
- Ece Temelkuran – columnist and writer
- Doğu Perinçek – Turkish politician
- Çiğdem Toker – investigative journalist
- Kamil Tolon - Turkish inventor
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tarihçe – Hukuk Fakültesi". 2019-11-03. Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ McKeegan, Alice (2011-03-15). "First Anchorwoman Of TRT, Jülide Gülizar Dies". Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
External links
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