Dicle University (, ) is a

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located in

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, and one of the largest

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. Vocational schools are located in Ergani,

Çermik Çermik (; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 948 km2, and its population is 49,644 (2022). The mayor is Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu from the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), J ...

Çüngüş Çüngüş (, , ) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 512 km2, and its population is 10,720 (2022). Çüngüş was an Armenian bishopric an Armenian Church was constructed in 1841. It was a large and fl ...

, Bismil, and Silvan

History

Dicle University's early history is linked with Diyarbakır Eğitim Enstitüsü which was chartered on 1962. The Faculty of Medicine, which was opened in 1966 as a part of

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, forms the nucleus of the present Dicle University. With the opening of the Faculty of Art and Sciences in 1974, Dicle University was officially founded including two faculties. The Faculty of Dentistry was founded in 1976 and the Faculty of Agriculture in 1981. The name Diyarbakir University was changed to Dicle University in 1982. The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, The Faculty of Law, The Faculty of Education, three graduate schools and five schools were opened as new institutions of the University. Today there are 11

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, four

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s, 11

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s, one state conservatory, and eight research and application centres under the administration of the university. Dicle University is at the centre of the GAP. Dicle University students and Newroz celebration in the university campus

Dicle University students and Newroz celebration in the university campus

Faculties

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Faculty of

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

* Faculty of

Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

* Faculty of

Literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

* Faculty of

Dentistry Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the Human tooth, teeth, gums, and Human mouth, mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, dis ...

* Faculty of

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

* Faculty of

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

* Faculty of

Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, medical diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all a ...

* Faculty of

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

* Faculty of

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

* Faculty of

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

* Faculty of

Theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

* Faculty of

Economics and Administrative Sciences Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyses wh ...

* Faculty of

Communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

Graduate schools

* Graduate School of Social Sciences * Graduate School of Health Sciences * Graduate School of Science

Vocational schools

* Atatürk School of Health * School of Physical Education and Sports * School of Civil Aviation * School of Foreign Language * Diyarbakir Vocational School * Bismil Vocational School * Çermik Vocational School * Çüngüş Vocational School * Ergani Vocational School * Silvan Vocational School * Atatürk Vocational School of Health Sciences.

Research centers

* Continuing Education Center * Atatürk's principles and reforms Research Center * Social Research Center * Environmental Issues Application and Research Center * GAP Application and Research Center * Solar Energy Application and Research Center * Liver Diseases Application and Research Center * Psychological and Social Counselling Application and Research Center * Medical Sciences Application and Research Center * Natural Disasters Research Center

Notable alumni

* Osman Baydemir - politician, former mayor of Diyarbakır * Ayla Akat Ata - politician * Tahir Elçi - lawyer * Feridun Çelik, politician, former mayor of Diyarbakır * Sara Kaya, former mayor of

Nusaybin Nusaybin () is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,079 km2, and its population is 115,586 (2022). The city is populated by Kurds of different tribal affiliation. Nusaybin is separated from the larger Kurd ...

* Ebru Günay, politician and spokeswoman of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)

External links

Dicle University website

Catalogue

Katalog

Dicle University Office of International Affairs

Dicle University ELT department

References

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History

Faculties

Graduate schools

Vocational schools

Research centers

Notable alumni

See also

External links

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