Kemal Gözükara is a Turkish mathematician and businessman and is also a benefactor and president of the Istanbul Arel University. Kemal Gözükara at Egitimajansi
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Life and work

Gözükara was born in the village of Eldelek in the district of

Elbistan Elbistan (;Aksüt, Ali"''On the Alevism of Elbistan, Nurhak, Ekinozu and Afsin - Elbistan Nurhak Ekinözü Afşin Aleviliği Üzerine - Zum Alevitentum in Elbistan, Nurhak, Ekinözü und Afşin''"- Alevilik-Bektaşilik Araştırmaları Dergisi 201 ...

Kahramanmaraş Kahramanmaraş (), historically Marash (; ) and Germanicea (), is a city in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean region of Turkey and the administrative centre of Kahramanmaraş Province, Kahramanmaraş province. After 1973, Maraş was ...

. He attended the Duezici school in Adana. Thereafter he qualified from the Department of Science of

Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...

. He then worked for five years as a mathematician at the Mükremin-Halil Gymnasium in Elbistan and did military service, after which he became a teacher at the İzzet-Ünver Gymnasium in

Bahçelievler Bahçelievler (meaning "houses with gardens" in Turkish) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 17 km2 (0.3% of Istanbul Province), and its population is 594,350 (2022). It is a large middle class residen ...

, Istanbul. In 1974 Gözükara decided to give up teaching and to go into industry. With financial support from his father, he built up a successful firm for the export of leather clothes within four years. He then entered the building trade and founded Arel Construction Industry and Trade. With the fund Kemal Gözükara Education and Culture Foundation he set up the financial prerequisites necessary for the founding of the Istanbul Arel Üniversitesi, which has been officially recognised since 2007. He has worked closely with Enver Duran and

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as well as with the

Balkan Universities Network The Balkan Universities Network or Balkan Universities Association (BAUNAS) is an association of universities in Southeast Europe. In its present form the body was created after the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia and the end of the Yugoslav Wars. ...

. His son Özgür Gözükara (born 1976) is chairman of the Board of Trustees of Arel University.

References

External links

Web Pages of Istanbul Arel Üniversitesi
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