PRESS RELEASE

Today, news articles that state that CoHE decided on the establishment of two faculties at Boğaziçi University after the Presidential Decree were published in some media outlets.

The truth is as follows:

At the CoHE General Assembly Meeting held on February 4, 2021, it was decided to establish new faculties and graduate schools at many state and foundation universities and to change the names of some faculties and graduate schools. This decision was presented to the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey. Along with the faculties that were decided to be established at other universities, Communication and Law Faculties that were decided to be established at Boğaziçi University were also included in the Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette dated February 2, 2021.

In the reply letter given to the parliamentary question which was sent to the Council of Higher Education, the date of the CoHE General Assembly Meeting was inadvertently stated as 24.02.2021 instead of 04.02.2021.

This mistake is a purely technical and human error, and the Council will take the necessary measures and be more attentive and sensitive to avoid the recurrence of similar mistakes from now on.