Gediz University

{{Short description|University in Turkey}} {{expand language|topic=|langcode=tr|otherarticle=Gediz Üniversitesi|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox university | name = Gediz University | native_name = Gediz Üniversitesi | native_name_lang = tr | image_name = | image_size = | logo = | motto = | established = {{start date|2008}} | closed = {{end date|2016|07|23|df=y}} | type = [[Private university]] | rector = Seyfullah Çevik | students = 8,500 | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = 200 | city = [[Menemen]] | province = [[İzmir Province|İzmir]] | country = [[Turkey]] | coor = | mascot = Hawk | affiliations = | website = {{Official website|http://www.gediz.edu.tr/EN}} | colors = {{Color box|Red}}{{Color box|White}} Red and white }}

'''Gediz University''' ({{langx|tr|Gediz Üniversitesi}}) was a private university located in the Seyrek neighborhood of [[Menemen]], a metropolitan district of [[İzmir]], Turkey. It was established in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unirank.org/tr/ |title=Gediz Üniversitesi |website=uniRank.org |access-date=4 August 2013}}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gediz University students launch English newspaper |agency=[[Cihan News Agency]]|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-313428082.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018205117/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-313428082.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2016 |date=30 December 2012 |access-date=3 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gediz University European Union Club |publisher=HMB |url=https://www.facebook.com/abkulubu?ref=ts&fref=ts |date=15 July 2014 |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> On 23 July 2016, in the course of the [[2016 Turkish purges]], the university was closed by the Turkish government due to its alleged ties with the [[Gülen movement]].<ref>{{cite news |title=İşte kapatılan FETÖ okulları |newspaper=[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]] |url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2016/07/23/iste-kapatilan-feto-okullari |date=23 July 2016 |access-date=23 July 2016 |language=tr}}</ref> The [[Bakırçay University]] was founded on the campus of Gediz University.

== Closure == Gediz University was closed down in accordance with the Decree Law No. 667, which was decided after the military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, on the grounds that it was among the institutions "identified as belonging, affiliated or connected to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ/PDY), which was determined to pose a threat to national security."<ref>[http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/07/20160723-8.htm 667 Sayılı Kanun Hükmünde Kararname] {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729181154/http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/07/20160723-8.htm|tarih=29 Temmuz 2016}} Resmi Gazete. En son 30 Temmuz 2016 tarihinde erişildi.</ref><ref>[http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/07/20160723-8-1.pdf 667 Sayılı Kanun Hükmünde Kararname Ek Listeler] {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723214222/http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/07/20160723-8-1.pdf|tarih=23 Temmuz 2016}} Resmi Gazete. En son 30 Temmuz 2016 tarihinde erişildi.</ref> It was decided that the students of the Faculty of Law would be placed at Dokuz Eylül University and other students at Katip Çelebi University. However, as a result of a series of amended decisions, it was decided that the students (just like the other students whose universities were closed) would be placed again with the score they received in the year they entered the university. Former students were not admitted to the new state university established to replace Gediz University.<ref>{{web archive|url=http://www.yok.gov.tr/web/guest/667-sayili-khk-kapsaminda-kapatilan-universitelere-iliskin|title=Kapatılan Yükseköğretim Kurumlarındaki Öğrencilere İlişkin Alınan Karar|achive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811012308/http://www.yok.gov.tr/web/guest/667-sayili-khk-kapsaminda-kapatilan-universitelere-iliskin|archive-date=11 August 2016|work=[[Council of Higher Education (Turkey)|Yükseköğretim Kurulu]]|access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website}} {{in lang|en}}

[[Category:Universities and colleges in İzmir]] [[Category:2008 establishments in Turkey]] [[Category:Universities and colleges established in 2008]] [[Category:Private universities and colleges in Turkey]] [[Category:Educational institutions shut down in the 2016 Turkish purges]] [[Category:Defunct universities and colleges in Turkey]]