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Erdoğan appoints rectors to 11 Turkish universities
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed rectors to 11 universities in Turkey.
The appointments were published in the Official Gazette issue dated November 7, 2026.
The named universities include Erciyes, Eskişehir Technical, Isparta University of Applied Sciences and Kayseri University.
The other seven universities are in Kırıkkale, Konya, Malatya, Muğla, Sakarya, Şırnak and Trabzon.
The new rectors are professors, and the appointments were made under provisions of Turkey’s Higher Education Law and a presidential decree.
The decisions set leadership for 11 universities across the country.
The published information does not say what the rectors will do next.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed rectors to 11 Turkish universities.
The appointments were published in the Official Gazette dated 7 November 2026.
The universities include Erciyes, Eskişehir Technical, Isparta University of Applied Sciences and Kayseri.
The appointees include Kuddusi Erkılıç, Adnan Özcan, Yılmaz Çatal and Recep Ulucak.
The appointments were made under the Higher Education Law and a presidential decree.
- Who
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed the rectors.
- What
- Eleven universities received new rectors.
- When
- The decisions appeared in the Official Gazette dated 7 November 2026.
- Where
- Turkey.
- Why
- The appointments were made under Article 13 of the Higher Education Law and Articles 2, 3 and 7 of Presidential Decree No. 3.
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- Number of universities
- 11
- Publication date
- 7 November 2026
- Erciyes University
- Kuddusi Erkılıç appointed rector
- Eskişehir Technical University
- Adnan Özcan appointed rector
- Trabzon University
- Hasan Rıza Aydın appointed rector