Erdoğan signs: Former METU rector appointed to Turkish-Japanese University

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made appointments for 14 new rectors via presidential decree.

According to the decision published in the Official Gazette, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Verşan Kök, who served as rector at METU for years and was removed from his post by decree this summer, has been appointed as the Rector of the Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University.

President Erdoğan had removed Prof. Dr. Mustafa Verşan Kök from his post with a decree dated August 16, appointing Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology Ahmet Yozgatlıgil in his place.

The rector appointments published in the Official Gazette are as follows:

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Şahin to the Rectorship of Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University,

Prof. Dr. Yusuf Adıgüzel to the Rectorship of Anadolu University,

Prof. Dr. Tolga Tolunay to the Rectorship of Ankara Medipol University,

Prof. Dr. Mahir Kadakal to the Rectorship of Avrasya University,

Prof. Dr. Sait Mesut Doğan to the Rectorship of Gaziantep University,

Prof. Dr. Türkay Dereli to the Rectorship of Hasan Kalyoncu University,

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Duruel to the Rectorship of Iskenderun Technical University,

Prof. Dr. Nihat Şındak to the Rectorship of Siirt University,

Prof. Dr. Ali Özen to the Rectorship of Tarsus University,

Prof. Dr. Yusuf Sarınay to the Rectorship of TOBB University of Economics and Technology,

Prof. Dr. Ömer Arıöz to the Rectorship of Toros University,

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Verşan Kök to the Rectorship of the Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University,

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakan Haliloğlu to the Rectorship of Ufuk University,

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Durman to the Rectorship of Yeditepe University.

With the same decree, Dr. Yener Mehmet Sonuşen was removed from his position as a member of the Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University Council, while Prof. Dr. Lütfiye Durak Ata, Prof. Dr. İsmail Yüksek, and Prof. Dr. Mesut Güner were appointed as council members.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Huriye Reyhan Demircioğlu was also appointed as a member of the Council of Higher Education.

News Source: İHA