İstanbul (Turkey): Universities

Foundation universities. Part 2

Last modified: 2020-09-20 by ivan sache
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İbn Haldun University

Flag of İHÜ - Image by Ivan Sache, 11 December 2017

İHÜ (website) was established in 2015 by the Turkish Youth and Education Service Foundation (Türkiye Gençlik ve Eğitime Hizmet Vakfı- TÜRGEV). The foundation was established in 1996, as the İstanbul Youth and Education Service Foundation (İstanbul Gençlik ve Eğitime Hizmet Vakfı - ISEGEV), by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then Mayor of İstanbul.
İHÜ, inaugurated in May 2017, is composed of 5 Schools and 4 Institutes. Classes are expected to start in fall 2017.

İHÜ is named for the Arab historian Ibn Khaldūn (1332-1406; biography), author of Kitāb al-ʻIbar (Book of Lessons), a universal history of the time. The first volume of the book, Muqaddimah (Introduction; English translation) presents a theory of social conflict that inspired sociologists and philosophers after the western rediscovery of the book in the 19th century.

The flag of İHÜ (photo, photo, photo) is white with the university's emblem.
The colors are prescribed as follows (İHÜ website).

Red   Pantone 201 C  CMYK 24-100-78-17
Blue  Pantone 288 C  CMYK 100-88-27-19

The flag also exists with counterchanged colors (photo).

Ivan Sache, 11 December 2017

IŞIK University

Flag of IŞIK University, two versions - Images by Tomislav Šipek, 20 June 2020

IŞIK University (website) was established in 1996 by the Feyziye Schools Foundation (Feyziye Mektepleri Vakfı - FMV).
The institution originates in the Feyz-i Sibyan School, founded on 14 December 1885 in Salonica. It moved to İstanbul in the early 20th century and established a campus in Nişantaşı, Şişli. Feyziye School was renamed to IŞIK in 1935 during the celebration of its 50th anniversary.
IŞIK University is composed of 5 Faculties, 1 School and 2 Graduate Schools.

The flag of IŞIK University (photo, photo, photo, photo) is white with the university's emblem.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 1 August 2020

İstanbul Arel University

Flag of İstanbul Arel University - Image by Ivan Sache, 20 May 2018

İstanbul Arel University (website), established on 9 May 2007, succeeding Arel College (est. 1990-1991), is managed by the Kemal Gözükara Education and Culture Foundation. The university is composed of 5 Faculties, 3 Schools, 1 Vocational School and 3 Institutes, located on two campuses (Tepekent and Sefaköy).

The flag of the university (photo) is white with the university's emblem.

Ivan Sache, 20 May 2018

İstanbul Avansaray University

Flag of ASÜ - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 4 June 2020

ASÜ (website) was established by the Plato Foundation presided by Tolga Yazıcı. The university was authorized by Law No. 5,761 published on 24 November 2016 in the Turkish official gazette.
ASÜ is composed of the Faculties of Arts, Design and Architecture, Engineering, Economics, and Administrative and Social Sciences, of the Institutes of Social Sciences and of Sciences, of the School of Applied Sciences, and of the Plato Vocational School (est. on 21 April 2009).

The flag of ASÜ (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo) is white with the university's emblem.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 4 June 2020

Plato Vocational School

Flag of Plato Vocational School - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 25 July 2020

The flag of the Plato Vocational School is blue with the school's emblem.

Tomislav Šipek, 25 July 2020

İstanbul Aydın University

Flag of İAÜ, two versions - Images by Ivan Sache, 14 December 2017

İAÜ (website) was established on 18 May 2007 by Law No. 5,656, published in the Turkish official gazette, No. 26,536. İAÜ was founded by the Aydın Education and Culture Foundation (Aydın Kültür Ve Eğitim Vakfı - AKEV), incorporating Anadolu BIL College of Vocational Education, founded in 2003. İAÜ is named for Mustafa Aydın (b. 1956), who founded AKEV in 1995, together with a group of academicians and businessmen.
İAÜ is composed of 11 Faculties, 3 Vocational Schools, 2 Schools and 3 Institutes.

The flag of İAÜ is white with the university's emblem. The emblem is used in two versions:
- the official, seal-like emblem (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo);
- a "close-up" of the seal-like emblem (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo).

Ivan Sache, 14 December 2017

İstanbul City University

Flag of İstanbul City University, two versions - Images by Tomislav Šipek, 6 July 2020

İstanbul City University (website) was established in Altunizade (Üsküdar) in 2008 by the Foundation for Science and Arts (Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı - BİSAV; est. 1986). Classes started in 2010.
The university is composed of 3 Colleges, 6 Schools, 3 Graduate Schools and 8 Centers.

The flag of İstanbul City University is white with the university's emblem. The university also uses a blue flag with the emblem's graphic part, in white.

The color specifications for the university's emblem are (Corporate identity):

Pantone    320 C
CMYK     100 O 30 7

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 12 July 2020

İstanbul Commerce University

Flag of ITICU - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 21 June 2020

İstanbul Commerce University (İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi - ITICU); website), founded in 2001 by the İstanbul Chamber of Commerce, caters more than 1,100 students. The University is made of the Faculties of Arts and Science, Commercial Sciences, Law, Communication, and Engineering and Design.

The flag of ITICU (photo, photo, photos, photo) is white with the university's emblem.

Former flag of ITICU, two versions - Images by Tomislav Šipek, 21 June 2020

The former flag of ITICU (photo, photos) was yellow with the former emblem of the Chamber of Commerce. The flag was also used as vertically divided (1:2), left, yellow with the former emblem of the Chamber of Commerce, right, white with the full name of the university in black capital letters (photos).

Ivan Sache & Tomislav Šipek, 21 June 2020

İstanbul Culture University

Flag of İKÜ - Image by Ivan Sache, 13 December 2017

İKÜ (website) was established in 1997 by the Kültür Schools Foundation (KEV). The founder of KEV, Fahamettin Akıngüç, is the son of Halil Akıngüç (1900-1957), who established in 1932 the first private preparatory school in Turkey, Kültür Dersevi.
İKÜ is composed of 8 Faculties and 3 Vocational Schools.

The flag of İKÜ (photo, photo, photo) is white with the university's emblem.
The emblem of İKÜ was designed, in Bauhaus style, by Kudret Güvenç and Ömür Candaş in 1996. The writing uses the Frutiger font.
The colors are specified as follows (graphic charter):

Red     Pantone 485 C           CMYK 0-100-100-0   RGB ed1c24   Websafe RGB ff3333
Gray    Pantone Cool Gray 4 C   CMYK 26-20-20-0    RGB bcbec0   Websafe RGB cccccc
Black   Pantone Neutral Black   CMYK 70-67-64-74   RGB 231f20   Websafe RGB 333333

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2017

İstanbul Esenyurt University

Flag of İstanbul Esenyurt University - Image by Ivan Sache, 15 December 2017

İstanbul Esenyurt University was established in 2013.
The flag of the university (photo) is white with the university's emblem.

Ivan Sache, 15 December 2017

İstanbul Gedik University

Flag of İstanbul Gedik University - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 9 June 2020

İstanbul Gedik University (website) was established in 2010 by the Gedik Education Foundation, founded on 7 September 1994 by the engineer and industrialist Halil Kaya Gedik (d. 2012).
The university is composed of 6 Faculties, 4 Institutes, and 1 Vocational School.

Halil Kaya Gedik, one of the first international welding engineers in Turkey, graduated from the Mechanics Department of İstanbul Yıldız Technical School in 1953; he continued his education in Germany, and graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Germany Staatliche Universität Konstanz and also from the Welding Engineering Department of DVS of German Welding Society in Frankfurt. He worked in different sections of MAN throughout his education in Germany.
Halil Kaya Gedik, started his career in the Welding Group of Eskişehir Turkish State Railways Factories in 1957. At the beginning of 1960s,he participated in the project of producing the first domestic car called “Devrim”. He continued his efforts in the welding field in the private sector after 1963 and built electrode, casting and valve and welding machine factories. Halil Kaya Gedik was the first person to introduce precision casting technology and built the first factory in this sector in Turkey.

The flag of İstanbul Gedik University (photos, photos) is white with the university's emblem.

Other flags of İstanbul Gedik University - Images by Tomislav Šipek, 9 June 2020

The flag is sometimes used with additional writing (photo).

Former flag of İstanbul Gedik University - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 9 June 2020

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 9 June 2020

İstanbul Gelişim University

Flag of İGÜ, four versions - Images by Tomislav Šipek, 26 July 2020

İGÜ (website) was established by Law No. 6,114 promulgated on 17 February 2011. It succeeded the İstanbul Gelişim Vocational School, established in 2008 by the Gelişim Education Culture Health and Social Service Foundation.
İGÜ is composed of 4 Faculties, 4 Schools, and 2 Vocational Schools.

The flag of İGÜ is white (photo), or blue (photo, photo), with two vcersions of the university's emblem.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 1 August 2020

İstanbul Kent University

Flag of İstanbul Kent University - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 6 June 2020

İKÜ (website) was established in 2016 by the Unimpeded Education Foundation (Engelsiz Eğitim Vakfı - ENEV).
İKÜ is composed of 4 Faculties, 2 Vocational Schools, 1 Institute and 3 Centers.

The flag of İKÜ is white with the university's emblem.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 6 June 2020

İstanbul Knowledge University

Flag of İstanbul Knowledge University, two versions - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 3 July 2020

İstanbul Knowledge University (website) was established on 7 June 1996 by the Knowledge Education and Culture Foundation (Bilgi Eğitim ve Kültür Vakfı - est. on 31 October 1994).
The university is composed of 7 Faculties, 3 Institutes, 4 Schools and 3 Vocational Schools.

The flag of the university is red (photo), or gray (photo), with the university's emblem.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 1 August 2020

İstanbul Medipol University

Flag of İMÜ, two versions - Images by Tomislav Šipek, 17 June 2020

İMÜ (website), established on 7 July 2009 by the Turkey Education Health and Research Foundation (TESA), carries out education on Haliç and Kavacık campuses in İstanbul. Internship and some applied classes of the students are carried out at Medipol University Hospital in Bağcılar, which is one of the biggest private hospitals of Turkey.
The flag of İMÜ is white (photo), or blue (photo) with the university's emblem.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 17 June 2020