Bülent Ecevit University

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Bülent Ecevit University is a state university located in Zonguldak, Turkey. The University was founded in 1992 with a primary focus on education in Mining and Engineering.HistoryThe University was established in Zonguldak in accordance with the Law no. 3837 issued on July 11, 1992 and was incorporated as “Zonguldak Karaelmas University” on January 1, 1993. In order to exploit the coal mines in the Black Sea basin by a technically educated staff, a School of Mine Engineering was established in 1924 in Zonguldak, however, it was later closed and was replaced by a Vocational School of Mining and Mine Foremen which then became the Technical School of Mining in 1949. This institution was moved to Istanbul in 1961. With the Law no. 165 “Law for Opening a New Technical School in Zonguldak” issued in 1962, this technical school was converted into The State Academy of Engineering and Architecture” with Law no. 1184, while buildings were under construction.The Academy, which consisted of Mining, Mechanics, Electricity and Construction departments in accordance with the Law no. 1184, became The Faculty of Engineering which consisted of Mine Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments in accordance with the Statutory Decree no. 41 issued in 1981, and then merged with Hacettepe University under the name of Zonguldak Faculty of Engineering on 20 June 1982. With the foundation of Zonguldak Karaelmas University in accordance with Law no. 3837, this Faculty which forms the basis of the University, Zonguldak Vocational School, Alaplı Vocational School and Hacettepe University Zonguldak Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences under the name of “Çaycuma Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences” merged with the University. Then the name Çaycuma Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences was altered to the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences on December 13, 2005.