Mersin University () is a public university, built in 1992 in

Mersin Province Mersin Province (), formerly İçel Province (), is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast between Antalya Province, A ...

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 ...

. It has about 39,000 students, 1,813 academic staff, and a number of foreign and guest academic staff. The university has research and sports facilities, in

Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...

town centre and in other towns. In 2005 the Mersin Technology Development Zone (Technoscope) was set up, creating a partnership between the university's research and development departments and industry, with the aim of developing new technologies that could be directly translated into industrial production.

Departments

*Faculty of Engineering *Faculty of Economics and Managerial Sciences *Faculty of Arts and Science *Faculty of Fine Arts *Faculty of Water Resources *Faculty of Pharmacy *Faculty of Medicine *Faculty of Architecture *Faculty of Educational Sciences *Faculty of Tarsus Technical Education *Faculty of Communication

Notable alumni

* Deniz Sağdıç, artist *

Elçin Sangu Elçin Sangu (born 13 August 1985) is a Turkish actress and model. With her appearance in television ads and campaigns, she has become one of the highest-paid celebrities in Turkey. Sangu is best known for her leading role Defne in the Star T ...

, actress * Dirayet Taşdemir, politician *

Nevin Yanıt Nevin Yanıt (born 16 February 1986) is a Turkish former sprinter specializing in high hurdling. On 29 August 2013, Yanit was banned from athletic competition for two years following a failed doping test in February 2013. After IAAF appealed t ...

, Turkish female sprinter *

Sebahat Tuncel Sebahat Tuncel (born 5 July 1975) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin, women's rights advocate, former nurse and member of the Parliament in Turkey. She was elected a member of parliament while being in prison. Early life and education ...

, politician * Ayberk Pekcan, actor * Turabi Çamkıran,

MMA Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

fighter and

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

* Erkan Meriç,

model A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided in ...

and

* Tuğçe Kandemir, singer-songwriter and literature teacher * Dilek Öcalan, politician

References

External links

Mersin University websiteWebsite of Mersin University Students
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