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The origins of Istanbul University date back to 1453, [13] [3] when it was founded by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II as a school of philosophy, medicine, law and letters. [13] The University of Constantinople, established in 425 CE by the Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius II as the Pandidacterium, later became known as the Phanar Greek Orthodox College after the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Inscription of Beyazıt Tower. Beyazıt Tower, also named Seraskier Tower, from the name of the Ottoman ministry of War, is an 85-metre-tall (279 ft) fire-watch tower located in the courtyard of Istanbul University's main campus (formerly Ottoman Ministry of War) on Beyazıt Square (known as the Forum Tauri in the Roman period) in Istanbul, Turkey.
In World War II, Kuleli was transferred to Konya in May 1941 according to the mobilization plans. Kuleli Barracks was converted into a 1,000-bed military hospital and the Bosphorus Transportation Command moved there as well. After World War II, the school moved back to Istanbul on 18 August 1947 into its historical home.
During the War of Tripoli in 1911, the Balkan War of 1912–1913 and the Great War from 1914 to 1918, Staff Officers acquired much experience, and demonstrated an outstanding success during the Turkish War of Independence between the years 1919–1922. Following the occupation of Istanbul on 16 March 1920, military schools were dissolved by the ...
The late Ottoman Empire modelled its public university system after the Grandes Ecoles of France; it came into being in the late 1800s, with the first institution being the Darülfünun-ı şahane , now Istanbul University. Johann Strauss stated that the Ottoman Empire established its university system later than Austria-Hungary and Russia had.
Istanbul University: 1453 [2] Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa: 2018 Boğaziçi University: 1863 [3] Galatasaray University: 1992 [4] Istanbul Medeniyet University: 2010 Istanbul Technical University: 1773 [5] Marmara University: 1883 [6] Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University: 1882 [7] Yıldız Technical University: 1911 [8] University of Health ...
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The location of Byzantium attracted Constantine the Great in 324 after a prophetic dream was said to have identified the location of the city; this prophecy was probably due to Constantine's final victory over Licinius at the Battle of Chrysopolis on the Bosphorus, on 18 September 324, which ended the civil war between the Roman Co-Emperors ...