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Ibn Haldun University, IHU (Turkish: İbn Haldun Üniversitesi), is a private foundation university located in the Başakşehir neighbourhood of Istanbul. The university has a strong focus on the humanities and social sciences, and espouses a multilingual approach to education, namely in Turkish, English and Arabic.




History


IHU was established by the TÜRGEV Foundation (Turkey Youth and Education Services Foundation), set up by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 1996 when he was Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The current rector is Professor Dr. Atilla Arkan, who took over from his predecessor, the founding rector and president of IHU, Professor Dr. Recep Şenturk in 2021.
In December 2019, IHU set up a four year project to improve the understanding of the work of Al-Tirmidhi. It also held a seminar to celebrate the work of Fuat Sezgin.




Faculty


The history department includes prominent scholars such as Halil Berktay and Suraiya Faroqhi. Ramazan Aras is a professor and head of the sociology department.




Campus


The university is located in Başakșehir, in the western outskirts of Istanbul, where a new campus opened in the fall of 2020. It also has a campus besides the Suleymaniye Mosque in Fatih neighbourhood, which houses the Alliance of Civilizations Institute (MEDIT) and Islamic studies department.




Schools


School of Law
School of Business
School of Education
School of Islamic Studies
School of Communication
School of the Humanities and Social Sciences
The various languages of instruction of Ibn Haldun University are Turkish, English, and Arabic, and are under the remit of the School of Languages.




Academic activities


The school of humanities and social sciences include the following departments:

Department of History
Department of Sociology
Department of Economics
Department of Psychology
Department of Comparative Literature
Department of Political Science and International Relations




= Institutes of the University

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Medeniyetler İttifakı Enstitüsü (Alliance of Civilizations)
Educational Science Institute
Social Sciences Institute




See also


Recep Şentürk
Suraiya Faroqhi
Halil Berktay
Heba Raouf Ezzat




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ibnu Masarrah
• Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi
• Krzysztof Kościelniak
• Ibn Haldun University
• Recep Şentürk
• Başakşehir
• Teoman Duralı
• Halil Berktay
• Ibn Khaldun
• Syed Mokhtar Albukhary
• Suraiya Faroqhi
• Heba Raouf Ezzat
• Talal Asad