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| Native Name: | tr|İbn Haldun Üniversitesi |
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| Type: | Private Foundation |
| Established: | 2015 |
| Rector: | Atilla Arkan |
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| Language: | Turkish, English, Arabic |
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| Website: | https://www.ihu.edu.tr/en |
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Ibn Haldun University (tr|İbn Haldun Üniversitesi) or abbreviated as IHU, is a private foundation university located in Başakşehir, Istanbul. The university has a strong focus on the humanities and social sciences, and espouses a multilingual approach to education, namely in Turkish, English and Arabic.
IHU was established by the TÜRGEV (English: Turkish Youth and Education Service Foundation), set up by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 1996 when he was Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.[1] The current rector is Prof. Dr. Atilla Arkan, who took over from his predecessor, the founding rector and president of IHU, Prof. Dr. Recep Şentürk in 2021.[2] In December 2019, IHU set up a four year project to improve the understanding of the work of Al-Tirmidhi.[3] It also held a seminar to celebrate the work of Fuat Sezgin.[4]
The university is located in Başakșehir, in the western outskirts of Istanbul, where a new campus opened in the fall of 2020. It also has a campus besides the Süleymaniye Mosque in Fatih, which houses the Alliance of Civilizations Institute (Turkish: MEDIT) and Islamic Studies department.
The various languages of instruction of Ibn Haldun University are Turkish, English, and Arabic, and are under the remit of the School of Languages.[6]
The school of humanities and social sciences include the following departments: