METU AT TURKEY

TURKEY




Turkey or Republic of Turkey is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolia (Western Asia)  and the southerneastern Europe.Turkey is bordered to Bulgaria, Greece,Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,Iran,Iraq,Syria. Turkey is the 37th largest country in the world and it is about Metropolitan France and the United Kingdom combined. The population of Turkey is around 75 million.The capital City of Turkey is Ankara however The biggest city and more historical city is İstanbul.



Turkey is also surrounded by the Aegean Sea,Mediterranean Sea,Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara and it is the boundary between the Europe and Asia. Thereby this property make Turkey strategically important and transcontinental.

The Anatolia (Asia Minor), comprising most of modern Turkey, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited regions in the world due to its location at the intersection of Asia and Europe and it also contains Mezopotamia. The earliest Neolitic settlements such as Catalhoyuk ,Cayonu ( Pottery Neolithic), Nevali Coyu (Pre-Pottery Neolithic ), Hacilar (Pottery Neolithic), Gobekli Tepe (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A) and Mersin are considered to be among the earliest human settlements in the world. The settlement of Troy starts in the Neolithic and continues into the Iron Age. Through recorded history, Many spoken languages Indo-European, Semitic and Kartvelian languages, as well as many languages of uncertain affiliation. In fact, given the antiquity of the Indo-European Hittite and Luwian languages, some scholars have proposed Anatolia as the hypotheticalurkey is a transcontinental.

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Middle East Technical University M.E.T.U.
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Middle East Technical University is founded under the name of "Orta Doğu Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü" (Middle East High Technology Institute) on November 15th, 1956 to contribute to the development of Turkey and Middle East countries and especially to train people so as to create a skilled workforce in the fields of natural and social sciences. "Arrangements and Procedures as for the Foundation of METU, Law No 6887" was enacted on January 29th, 1957. Finally, "Foundation Act No 7307", which sets forth the particular standing of METU and describes the conditions rendering METU as a juridical entity, was enacted on May 27th, 1959.

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Middle East Technical University's presence brought about new methods and introduced innovations to Turkish higher education system manifesting METU as a pioneer of modern education nationwide. In its earliest years, part of METU was located in a small building that belonged Social Security Office of Retirees at Kizilay's Müdafaa Street and the other section was located in the barracks behind the TBMM (Turkey's National Grand Assembly). In 1963, the University moved to its current campus location which is the first university campus of Turkey.

In 1956, the first academic program to start education was the Department of Architecture. Then in spring semester of 1957, Department of Mechanical Engineering launched its academic program. At the onset of 1957-1958 academic year, the Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Administrative Sciences were established. In 1959, the tasks undertaken to establish Faculty of Arts and Sciences were completed. Faculty of Education launched its academic program in 1982. Today, there are a total of 40 undergraduate programs in five faculties of METU.

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There are 154 graduate programs available in Graduate Schools of Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Informatics, Applied Mathematics and Marine Sciences Graduate Schools. Marine Sciences conducts the academic program studies at İçel-Erdemli.

The language of instruction at METU is English. METU School of Foreign Languages takes the initiative to teach English to students at Preparatory School.

Owing to the quality academic education that emphasizes merit and excellence in scientific, cultural and intellectual studies as well as owing to the accomplished and qualified METU graduates, the University has become one of the distinguished and respectable institutions of Turkey. Today, the University is proud to employ about 750 faculty (professors, associates professors etc.), 400 academic instructors and 1,400 research assistants. It is a great pleasure to offer education to about 23,000 students. The total number of the alumni now is above 95,000.

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