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Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

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Public university located in Burdur, Turkey

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Turkish: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi), abbreviated as MAKU, is a public university located in Burdur, Turkey. It was established in 2006. It is named after Mehmet Akif Ersoy.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Mar 17, 2006Founded1
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Photo: Ahmet Gürsakal, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Turkish: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi), abbreviated as MAKU, is a public university located in Burdur, Turkey. It was established in 2006. It is named after Mehmet Akif Ersoy.2

The story

History

Mehmet Akif Ersoy University was founded on 17 March 2006. The following were connected to Suleyman Demirel University: Burdur Education Faculty, Burdur School of Health, Burdur Vocational School, Bucak Hikmet Tolunay Vocational School, Gölhisar Vocational School, Bucak Emin Gülmez Technical Science Vocational School, and Ağlasun Vocational School. Burdur Veterinary Faculty was connected to Akdeniz University. All were then transferred to Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. The Faculty of Letters, Institutes of Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Health Sciences were founded by the same law.

Also founded were the Continuing Education Research and Application Center, Strategic Researches Application and Research Center, Teke Location Folk Culture Application and Research Center, and Mehmet Akif Ersoy Application and Research Center. In addition to Research and Application Centers; Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution Department, Physical Education and Sports Department, Informatics Department, Fine Arts Department, Turkish Language Department and Foreign Languages Department are active within rectorship.

Mehmet Akif Ersoy University includes four institutions which have graduate training programs, five faculties and two higher schools which have undergraduate training programs, and six vocational schools, four research centers, six departments connected to rectorship, 16,500 students and 1000 personnel.

Recreation

Cinema, operating at the University Continuing Education Center, lets students watch Turkish and foreign movies.

From Wikipedia’s article on Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Mar 17, 2006Founded Founded1