Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul, is a public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after the Ottoman conquest of Consta
Faculty members of Istanbul University with Director Kemal Bey and the teaching staff, circa 1915.
Late Roman and early Byzantine remains at the Istanbul University campus next to Beyazıt Tower.
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.
Interior view of the main building of Istanbul University.
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, ethnologist, and Labor Zionist who was the second president of Israel from 1952 until his death in 1963. Ben-Zvi is Israel's longest-serving president.
Istanbul University
…Yıldırım Akbulut. The alumni also include Grand Mufti for Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Džemaludin Čaušević, the longest-serving President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, as well as David Ben-Gurion and Moshe Sharett, who both served as Prime Ministers of Israel. The origins of Istanbul University date back to 1453…
Ben Zvi with Rachel Yanait in Istanbul, 1913
Editorial staff of Ha-Achdut, 1910. Right to left; seated – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, David Ben-Gurion, Yosef Haim Brenner; standing – A. Reuveni, Ya'akov Zerubavel
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (standing, second from right) at a meeting with Arab leaders at the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, 1933. Also pictured are Chaim Weizmann (sitting, second from left), Haim Arlosoroff (sitting, center), and Moshe Shertok (Sharett) (standing, right).