About Us

A Brief History

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences was founded on 20 July 1982 within Akdeniz University as a "Mission Faculty" in the classical sense. It takes Atatürk's Principles and Revolutions as its guiding principles, uses basic scientific fields and aims to implement them resolutely into social life. It commenced its educational and training activities on 30 March 1983.

The establishment of our faculty as a Faculty of Letters was officially recognised on 25 October 2010, following the decision made by the Council of Ministers (decision number 2010/1058). This decision was published in the Official Gazette on 13 November 2010 (issue number 27758) and entered into force.

The faculty's mission is to investigate the truth, and it is based on the universal principles of Social Sciences and the concept of Humanitas. In terms of Humanities, it aims to carry out educational activities at an international level, to produce scientific products and to train scientists, based on the principle of 'rerum causas cognoscere' = to think about the causes of events.

• Prof. Dr. Nurşen ADAK

Dean

 

MISSION

• The mission of the faculty, which is based on the universal principles of basic sciences and the concept of humanitas, is ‘quare verum / to investigate the truth’. In doing so, it is to carry out educational activities and scientific production at the international level in terms of both basic and social sciences, based on the principle of ‘rerum causas cognoscere / think about the causes of events’.

VISION

• The aim of the faculty is to educate our students as individuals who understand the conditions for success in the world of the future as well as today. The main goal is to be a faculty that conducts research activities; produces knowledge, transforms the knowledge it produces into scientific benefit; is sensitive, relevant and internationally recognized.

• The aim of the faculty is to raise the youth, who are the future of the nation, as individuals who have the contemporary values of our secular, democratic Republic, who are loyal to Atatürk's principles and reforms, who can protect their national values, who are principled, self-confident and act in cooperation with the social environment, and to equip them with contemporary knowledge.

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QUALITY POLICY

Sharing Akdeniz University's vision of “educating individuals who shape the future with universal research, pioneer in science and technology, research-oriented, creative, sensitive to ethical principles and lifelong learners”, Faculty of Letters takes respect for universal values related to higher education, academic autonomy, academic, administrative staff and student rights as the basis of its quality policy.

The faculty has adopted the principle of increasing the quality of education and training by using communication technologies, continuous improvement, providing faster service to staff and students, increasing the satisfaction of those who benefit from the service, serving humanity with sustainable projects in the field of Social Contribution, and has set the primary goal of gaining national and international recognition and prestige by fulfilling the requirements of the ‘Quality Management System’.

• Prof. Dr. Nurşen ADAK

Dean