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Turkish MPs approve bill to establish university

Lokman Hekim University in Ankara will focus on medicinal sciences

07.12.2017 - Update : 07.12.2017
Turkish MPs approve bill to establish university

By Emin Avundukluoglu

ANKARA

Turkish lawmakers on Wednesday ratified a bill for the establishment of Lokman Hekim University.

According to the legislation, the university will be established in Ankara by the Sevgi Foundation.

The university will have faculties of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and sports sciences.

It will also have a vocational high school and a medical sciences institute.

The Sevgi Foundation, established in 1978, provides education services to students.

The university takes its name from Luqman the Wise, which legend says had the cure for every disease.

He has a chapter named after him in the Holy Quran.


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