Boğaziçi University

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The Boğaziçi Üniversitesi ( German: Bosphorus University ) in Istanbul is a university based in the European part of Istanbul, near the Bosphorus. The Bosphorus University was founded in 1971 on the foundation of Robert College and is today one of the leading state universities in Turkey. Only the top 1 % of Turkish high school graduates are accepted at the Bosphorus University. The language of instruction is English.

Known graduates

• İsmail Cem (1940-2007), Turkish journalist and politician
• Nuri Bilge Ceylan ( born 1959 ), Turkish film director
• Tansu Çiller ( born 1946 ), Turkish politician
• Bülent Ecevit (1925-2006), Turkish politicians
• Şenes Erzik ( * 1942 ), Vice- President of UEFA
• Perihan Mağden ( born 1960 ), Turkish writer and columnist
• Celil Oker ( born 1952 ), Turkish crime writer
• Teoman Yakupoğlu (born 1967 ), Turkish musicians
• Cem Yılmaz (born 1973 ), Turkish cabaret artist

Known high school teachers

• Attila Askar
• Halil Berktay
• Ali Çarkoğlu
• Edhem Eldem ( born 1960 ), Turkish historian
• Erdal İnönü (1926-2007), a Turkish physicist and politician
• Ersin Kalaycioglu
• Metin Kunt
• Arman Manukyan (1931-2012), writer and economist of Armenian descent
• Serif Mardin
• Murat R. Sertel
• Karl von Terzaghi (1883-1963), Austrian Civil
• Burak Erman

Honorary Doctors

• Justin A. McCarthy ( born 1945 ), American historian