Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul, is a public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey.
Main entrance gate of Istanbul University on Beyazıt Square, which was known as Forum Tauri (later Forum of Theodosius) in the late Roman period. Beyazıt Tower, located within the campus, is seen in the background, to the right of the flagpole.
The arched monumental gate of Istanbul University on the reverse of the 500 lira banknote (1971–1984)
Late Roman and early Byzantine remains at the Istanbul University campus next to Beyazıt Tower.
Interior of the main building
Education in the Ottoman Empire
In the Ottoman Empire each, and every millet established a schooling system serving its members. Education, therefore, was largely divided on ethnic and religious lines: few non-Muslims attended schools for Muslim students and vice versa. Most institutions that did serve all ethnic and religious groups taught in French or in other languages.
Beyazıt State Library was founded in 1884.
Girl Reciting the Qurān (Kuran Okuyan Kız), an 1880 painting by the Ottoman polymath Osman Hamdi Bey, whose works often showed women engaged in educational activities.
Istanbul University is the oldest university in Turkey. In Ottoman times Western sources called it the "University of Constantinople".
Istanbul High School (Istanbul Erkek Lisesi in Turkish) was founded in 1886.
