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Ankara University was established in 1946 and folded into it were the pre-existing Faculties of Law (1925), Humanities (1935), Sciences (1943) and Medicine (1945). Later on were incorporated the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (1933, as the Higher Institute of
Agriculture), Divinity (1949), Political Science (1950), Pharmacy (1960), Dentistry (1963), Educational Sciences (1965), Communication
(1965), Health Education (1996, renamed to Health Sciences in 2007) and
Engineering (2001, splitting from the Faculty of Science).
In 2010, Ankara University catered to 30,000 students and more than 1,710
faculty members.
Ivan Sache, 1 November 2010
The flag of Ankara University is blue (photo), or white (photo), with the university's emblem, in the center. The university also uses a blue flag with the emblem in white (photo, photo, photo).
The emblem of the university is made of the golden Sun Disc placed on
a blue disc surrounded by a blue ring outlined in gold and charged
with the name of the university and its founding year, 1946, all in
gold.
The symbol of Ankara University is the Sun Disc. This symbol is
commonly regarded as belonging to the Hittite civilization and usually
connotes Ankara and Anatolia.
After its discovery, it was first used as its symbol by the Faculty of
Humanities, and later was adopted as the symbol of Ankara University
after its establishment. Prof. Dr. Aykut Çınaroğlu, a retired member of the Department of Protohistory & Pre-Asia within the Faculty of Humanities explains that the Sun Disc was unearthed during the
excavations that were started in 1935 under the direction of Atatürk,
and in fact the symbol belongs to the Hattis from the pre-Hittite
period: "The Sun Disc is made of bronze, and was commonly used over
4,250 years ago in religious as well as in other ceremonies. Just as it
was used by the Ottoman Janissary Band, it was used to produce a sound
when it was rattled, and this would affect the crowd by making them
attentive. The circle which forms the perimeter of the disc represents
either the earth or the sun. At the bottom, there are two horn-like
protrusions which in fact are not representative of horns, although
there is no clear agreement as to what they represent. The protrusions
at the top, on the other hand represent fecundity, and the procreation
of nature. The birds, also symbolize fecundity and the freedom of
nature. The fact that this was a sun disc was understood after the
discovery of a similar artifact shaped like the sun and beaming light,
and all similar artifacts were called sun discs thereafter".
Prof. Dr. Çınaroğlu stresses the point that the disc is definitely not a Hittite artifact. He explains that the disc belongs to the earliest of Anatolian civilizations whose name is known, the Hattis,
and it is wrongly interpreted as being Hittite. According to Pr.
Çınaroğlu, the sun disc was made and used approximately 300 years before the arrival of the Hittites in Anatolia. The Hattis were the most ancient of people speaking an Asiatic language in Anatolia, a group which also has influenced the Turkish language. Pr.
Çınaroğlu says that the sun disc was discovered inside a tomb of a Hatti chieftain in Alacahöyük and is to be found nowhere else but Alacahöyük, and also that the Hatti kings were buried in funeral ceremonies typically with 4-5 such symbols of similar design.
[University website (archived)]
Eugene Ipavec, Ivan Sache & Tomislav Šipek, 20 February 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 24 February 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Agriculture (photo) is white with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 24 February 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 25 March 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Applied Sciences (photo) is white with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 25 March 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek,
17 September 2024
The flag of the Faculty of Communication (photo) is white with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2024
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 March 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Dentistry (photo) is white with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 26 March 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 1 April 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Divinity (photo) is blue with the Faculty's emblem in the center and the University's emblem, in white, in canton.
Tomislav Šipek, 1 April 2020
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images by Tomislav Šipek, 26 February 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Educational Sciences (photo) is purple with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 26 February 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 23 February 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Engineering (photo) is white with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 23 February 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 30 March 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Fine Arts (photo) is light blue with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 30 March 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 29 March 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Health Sciences (photo, photo) is white with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 29 March 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 28 March 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Language, History and Geography (photo) is blue with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 28 March 2020
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images by Tomislav Šipek, 25 March 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Law is white, or blue (vertically displayed, photo), with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 5 March 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 32 March 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Medicine (photo) is white with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 2 March 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 February 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Pharmacy (photo) is red with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 27 February 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 2 April 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Political Science (photo) is white with with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 2 April 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 25 February 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Sciences (photo) is orange with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 25 February 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 31 March 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Sport Sciences (photo) is white with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 31 March 2020
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 3 March 2020
The flag of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (photo) is white with the Faculty's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 3 March 2020
Elmadağ Vocational School
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Flag of the Elmadağ Vocational School - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 4 April 2020
The flag of the Elmadağ Vocational School (photo) is white with the School's emblem in the center.
The Hittite sun and other main colors used in the emblem indicate the attachment of the school on the principles of Ankara University. The triangle in our emblem, which generally uses sharp geometric shapes in order to emphasize the seriousness of our services, calls for Elmadağ with a high hill image, where our school is located and names our school. The bright area to the left of the triangle also symbolizes the scientific light of Ankara University reflected on the Elmadağ on the west of the district. Besides the triangle, which we expect to be scraped into the minds of vocational school students as a symbol, shows that we are aiming higher by pointing an upward direction. The circle just above the triangle, which resembles the sun, describes the Vocational School as a rising sun with the contributions to Elmadağ. The rising bars used on the sun indicate the competing environment our school belongs and the eight bars indicate the eight reference levels defined by learning outputs on the basis of the European Qualifications Framework.
Fifth of these bars is marked with the tip of the colored triangle. Thereby this marking shows that our graduates acquires the fifth of the eight level output which is the technician.
[School website]
Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 19 August 2020
Kızılcahamam Vocational School
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Flag of the Kızılcahamam Vocational School - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 7 April 2020
The flag of the Kızılcahamam Vocational School (photo) is white with the School's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 7 April 2020
State Conservatory
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Flag of the State Conservatory - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 9 April 2020
The flag of the State Conservatory (photo) is white with the School's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 0 April 2020
Institute of Biotechnology
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Flag of the Institute of Biotechnology - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 6 April 2020
The flag of the Institute of Biotechnology (photo) is white with the Institute's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 6 April 2020
Institute of Nuclear Sciences
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Flag of the Institute of Nuclear Sciences - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 4 April 2020
The flag of the Institute of Nuclear Sciences (photo) is white with the Institute's emblem in the center.
Tomislav Šipek, 4 April 2020