# Dicle University > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dicle_University > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dicle_University.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicle_University > Source revision: 1305635612 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Public university in Diyarbakır, Turkey Dicle University Dicle Üniversitesi Type Public[1] Established 1962 / 1974 Rector Kamuran Eronat Faculty 1700 Administrative staff 3,500 Students 33,000[2] Location Diyarbakır , Turkey 37°55′09″N 40°16′05″E / 37.9192°N 40.2680°E / 37.9192; 40.2680 Campus Rural Website www.dicle.edu.tr **Dicle University** ([Turkish](/source/Turkish_language): *Dicle Üniversitesi*, [Kurdish](/source/Kurdish_language): *Zanîngeha Dîcleyê*) is a [public university](/source/Public_university) located in [Diyarbakır](/source/Diyarbak%C4%B1r), [Turkey](/source/Turkey), and one of the largest [higher education](/source/Higher_education) [institution](/source/Institution). Vocational schools are located in [Ergani](/source/Ergani), [Çermik](/source/%C3%87ermik), [Çüngüş](/source/%C3%87%C3%BCng%C3%BC%C5%9F), [Bismil](/source/Bismil), and [Silvan](/source/Silvan%2C_Turkey)[3] ## History Dicle University's early history is linked with **Diyarbakır Eğitim Enstitüsü** which was chartered on 1962.[4][5] The Faculty of Medicine, which was opened in 1966 as a part of [Ankara University](/source/Ankara_University), forms the nucleus of the present Dicle University. With the opening of the Faculty of Art and Sciences in 1974, Dicle University was officially founded including two faculties. The Faculty of Dentistry was founded in 1976 and the Faculty of Agriculture in 1981. The name Diyarbakir University was changed to Dicle University in 1982. The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, The Faculty of Law, The Faculty of Education, three graduate schools and five schools were opened as new institutions of the University. Today there are 11 [faculties](/source/Faculty_(university)), four [schools](/source/School), 11 [vocational schools](/source/Vocational_school), three [graduate schools](/source/Graduate_school), one state conservatory, and eight research and application centres under the administration of the university.[6] Dicle University is at the centre of the [GAP](/source/Southeastern_Anatolia_Project).[7] Students celebrating Newroz ## Faculties - [Ziya Gökalp](/source/Ziya_G%C3%B6kalp) Faculty of [Education](/source/Education) - Faculty of [Science](/source/Science) - Faculty of [Literature](/source/Literature) - Faculty of [Dentistry](/source/Dentistry) - Faculty of [Law](/source/Law) - Faculty of [Medicine](/source/Medicine) - Faculty of [Veterinary Medicine](/source/Veterinary_Medicine) - Faculty of [Agriculture](/source/Agriculture) - Faculty of [Engineering](/source/Engineering) - Faculty of [Architecture](/source/Architecture) - Faculty of [Theology](/source/Theology) - Faculty of [Economics and Administrative Sciences](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economics_and_Administrative_Sciences&action=edit&redlink=1)[8] - Faculty of [Communication](/source/Communication) ## Graduate schools - Graduate School of Social Sciences - Graduate School of Health Sciences - Graduate School of Science[9] ## Vocational schools - Atatürk School of Health - School of Physical Education and Sports - School of Civil Aviation - School of Foreign Language - Diyarbakir Vocational School - Bismil Vocational School - Çermik Vocational School - Çüngüş Vocational School - Ergani Vocational School - Silvan Vocational School - Atatürk Vocational School of Health Sciences.[10] ## Research centers - Continuing Education Center - Atatürk's principles and reforms Research Center - Social Research Center - Environmental Issues Application and Research Center - GAP Application and Research Center - Solar Energy Application and Research Center - Liver Diseases Application and Research Center - Psychological and Social Counselling Application and Research Center - Medical Sciences Application and Research Center - Natural Disasters Research Center[11] ## Notable alumni - [Osman Baydemir](/source/Osman_Baydemir) - politician, former mayor of Diyarbakır - [Ayla Akat Ata](/source/Ayla_Akat_Ata) - politician - [Tahir Elçi](/source/Tahir_El%C3%A7i) - lawyer - [Feridun Çelik](/source/Feridun_%C3%87elik), politician, former mayor of Diyarbakır - [Sara Kaya](/source/Sara_Kaya), former mayor of [Nusaybin](/source/Nusaybin) - [Ebru Günay](/source/Ebru_G%C3%BCnay), politician and spokeswoman of the [Peoples' Democratic Party](/source/Peoples'_Democratic_Party_(Turkey)) (HDP) ## See also - [List of universities in Turkey](/source/List_of_universities_in_Turkey) - [Diyarbakır](/source/Diyarbak%C4%B1r) - [Tigris](/source/Tigris) ## External links - [Dicle University website](https://web.archive.org/web/20101031082057/http://dicle.edu.tr/index.php) (in Turkish and English) - [Catalogue](https://web.archive.org/web/20080828205023/http://www.dicle.edu.tr/duyuru/katalog/katalog-eng.pdf) (in English) - [Katalog](https://web.archive.org/web/20100820202050/http://www.dicle.edu.tr/duyuru/katalog/katalog-tr.pdf) (in Turkish) - [Dicle University Office of International Affairs](http://international.dicle.edu.tr/) (in English) - [Dicle University LLP/ Erasmus office](https://web.archive.org/web/20101119170616/http://international.dicle.edu.tr/euoffice/en/bilateral.html) (in English and Turkish) - [Dicle University ELT department](https://dicleelt.blogspot.com/)(in Turkish) ## References Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Dicle University](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dicle_University). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Universities in Turkey"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090620012926/http://yogm.meb.gov.tr/turkuniv_yay%C4%B1n.htm). 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Retrieved 2011-03-09. v t e Diyarbakır History Provincial districts Bağlar Bismil Çermik Çınar Çüngüş Dicle Eğil Ergani Hani Hazro Kayapınar Kocaköy Kulp Lice Silvan Sur Yenişehir Areas Sur Education Dicle University Transport Diyarbakır Airport Diyarbakır railway station Landmarks Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadium Diyarbakır Prison Diyarbakır Stadium Fortifications of Diyarbakır Ulu Beden Tower Yedi Kardeş Tower Hasan Pasha Han St. George's Church Religion Great Mosque of Diyarbakır Behram Pasha Mosque Hazreti Süleyman Mosque Sheikh Matar Mosque St. Giragos Armenian Church St. Mary Church St. Mary's Cathedral Sport Amed S.F.K. (women) Diyarbakırspor Diyarbekirspor This list is incomplete. v t e Universities in Turkey Public Abdullah Gül Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology Adıyaman Afyon Kocatepe Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Akdeniz Aksaray Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Amasya Anadolu Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Ankara Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Ardahan Artvin Çoruh Atatürk Aydın Adnan Menderes Balıkesir Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Bartın Batman Bayburt Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Bingöl Bitlis Eren Boğaziçi Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Bursa Uludağ Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Çankırı Karatekin Çukurova Dicle Dokuz Eylül Düzce Ege Erciyes Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Eskişehir Osmangazi Fırat Galatasaray Gazi Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hacettepe Hakkari Harran Hatay Mustafa Kemal Hitit Iğdır İnönü Isparta Applied Sciences Istanbul Istanbul (Cerrahpaşa) İstanbul Medeniyet İzmir Bakırçay İzmir Democracy İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Kafkas Kahramanmaraş İstiklal Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Karabük Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Kastamonu Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırklareli Kırşehir Ahi Evran Kilis 7 Aralık Kocaeli Kütahya Dumlupınar Kütahya Health Sciences Malatya Turgut Özal Manisa Celal Bayar Mardin Artuklu Marmara Mersin Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Munzur Muş Alparslan Necmettin Erbakan Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Ondokuz Mayıs Ordu Osmaniye Korkut Ata Pamukkale Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Sakarya Sakarya Applied Sciences Samsun Selçuk Siirt Sinop Sivas Cumhuriyet Sivas Science and Technology Social Sciences Ankara Süleyman Demirel Şırnak Tarsus Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Trabzon Trakya Turkish-German Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology Health Sciences Uşak Yalova Van Yüzüncü Yıl Yozgat Bozok Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Technical Bursa Technical (BTÜ) Erzurum Technical (ETÜ) Eskişehir Technical (ESTÜ) Gebze Technical (GTÜ) Istanbul Technical (İTÜ) Iskenderun Technical (İSTE) İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE) Karadeniz Technical (KTÜ) Konya Technical (KTÜN) Middle East Technical (ODTÜ) Yıldız Technical (YTÜ) Military National Defense University Law Enforcement Turkish National Police Academy Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy Fine Arts Ankara Music and Fine Arts Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Private Acıbadem Alanya Altınbaş Ankara Medipol Ankara Science Antalya Belek Antalya Science Atılım Avrasya Bahçeşehir Başkent Beykoz Bezmiâlem Bilkent Biruni Cappadocia Çağ Çankaya Demiroğlu Bilim Doğuş Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Fenerbahçe Haliç Hasan Kalyoncu Ibn Haldun Işık Istanbul 29 Mayıs Istanbul Arel Istanbul Atlas Istanbul Aydın Istanbul Beykent Istanbul Bilgi Istanbul Ticaret Istanbul Esenyurt Istanbul Galata Istanbul Gedik Istanbul Gelişim Istanbul Health and Technology Istanbul Kent Istanbul Kültür Istanbul Medipol Istanbul Nişantaşı Istanbul Okan Istanbul Rumeli Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim Istanbul Topkapı Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl İstinye İzmir Tınaztepe İzmir of Economics Kadir Has Kocaeli Health and Technology Koç Konya Food and Agriculture KTO Karatay Lokman Hekim Maltepe MEF Mudanya Nuh Naci Yazgan Özyeğin Piri Reis Sabancı Sanko TED TOBB Economics and Technology Toros Ufuk Turkish Aeronautical Association Üsküdar Yaşar Yeditepe Yüksek İhtisas Technical OSTIM Technical Former/Closed Private Anka Teknoloji Bursa Orhangazi Canik Başarı Fatih Gediz Istanbul Şehir İpek İzmir Kanuni Melikşah Mevlana Murat Hüdavendigar Selahaddin Eyyubi Süleyman Şah Şifa Turgut Özal Zirve Military Academy Turkish War Academies Military Medical Academy Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF National United States Czech Republic Israel Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dicle University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicle_University) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicle_University?action=history)). 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