Turgut Özal University
Private university in Ankara, Turkey
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Turgut Özal University (Turkish: Turgut Özal Üniversitesi) was a private university located in the Etlik neighborhood of Keçiören, a metropolitan district of Ankara, Turkey.
Turgut Özal Üniversitesi | |
| Type | Private university |
|---|---|
| Active | 2008–23 July 2016 |
| Location | , , |
The university was established in 2008 by the Turgut Özal Thought and Action Foundation and is named after former Turkish president Turgut Özal.[1] On 23 July 2016, in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges, the university was shut down by the Turkish government among other 15 universities[2][3] due to its alleged ties with the Gülen movement.[4]
The facilities and students were transferred to Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University[5]
