Gülsün Sağlamer (born in 1945) is a Turkish academic, the third female rector in Turkey.

Life

Sağlamer was born in 1945 in

Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

. After finishing primary and secondary education in her home city she obtained her MS from the School of Architecture in

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

(ITU). She carried out her post-doctoral studies at the Martin Centre, Department of Architecture-

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, UK 1975-1976. She returned to Istanbul. She became associate professor in 1978, and professor in 1988 in ITU. Between 1994-1995 she was the visiting professor in

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. Between 1996-2004, she was elected as the rector of Istanbul Technical University. She is the president of European Women Rectors Association. Between 2005-2009 she was elected to the board of

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(EUA). Later she was elected to the board of trustees in Kadir Has University and the president of the Council for ''Technology and Technoparks in Turkey'' She is a member of academic board of referees of the periodical ''Open House International''. She is one of the three Turkish women academics in the Oxford Book ''Women Scientists: Reflections, Challenges and Breaking Boundaries'' by Magdolna Hargittai.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saglamer, Gulsun 1945 births People from Trabzon Turkish educators Turkish women educators Turkish architects Women architects Istanbul Technical University alumni Academic staff of Istanbul Technical University Kadir Has University Living people Rectors of Istanbul Technical University