Van Yüzüncü Yıl University

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Van Yüzüncü Yıl University is a university in Van, Turkey. The name was "Yüzüncü Yıl University" until June 15th, 2017HistoryYüzüncü Yıl University was founded on July 20, 1982, by the Decree Law No 41. However, the attempts of foundation a university in the east region of Turkey had started long ago. Atatürk, the president of republic of that period, sent esquire Mustafa Necati, The Ministry of Education, to examine on-site to Van in 1927. Esquire Mustafa Necati found it necessary to found a university in Van. The esquire Ferit Nur, the teacher was sent to Van and was asked to transform the present middle school into a high school and to form the kernel of the university planned to found. Atatürk said, "We must go into action to constitute a modern city of culture with a primary school and finally a university in the most beautiful places on the coasts of The Lake Van for the east region." and with this aim, he sent Saffet Arıkan, The Ministry of Education of that period, to Van for land determination.Atatürk said, " Developing the İstanbul University, completing the Ankara University and the founding the East University near the Lake Van within the principals determined with the investigations have been proceeding speedily and importantly." in the opening speech of BMM, on the first days of November in 1938. The committee of 15 people, including Prof. Dr. Afet İnan, was formed by The Ministry of Education on June 11, 1951 and attempted to determine the place of the East University. This committee approved the foundation of a university whose center would be Van and the constitution of some faculties and institutes in Elazığ, Erzurum and Diyarbakır as auxiliary departments of the East University. Meanwhile, the universities in Ankara and İstanbul were augmented and the new universities or the faculties, graduate schools and academies which would form the kernel of these universities had been opened. However, Van was not one of these happy provinces in this period.