The Education Campus including a BİLSEM, science high school, kindergarten and dormitory with 5 star hotel luxuries will be named after Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar who won Nobel Prize in 2015 for his breakthrough mechanistic studies of DNA repair.

 

Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer stated that the campus which is named after Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar who won Nobel Prize in 2015 for his breakthrough mechanistic studies of DNA repair will include science high school, Science and Arts Center (BİLSEM), student dormitory with 5 star hotel luxuries and kindergarten. Özer said that the campus will also provide internet access, TV lounge, rest and study rooms, cafeteria, laundry and health clinic.

 

Noting that Aziz Sancar Education Campus will not only offer education but also provide labs and education infrastructure suitable for conducting new scientific studies and inventions in cooperation with universities, Özer went on to say:

 

"Education environment at the campus will be open to all students. The campus which includes an R&D center will provide all high school students the opportunity to make research and improve their skills."

 

"We named this campus after Aziz Sancar so that we will raise many scientists like him who will make us proud. I phoned Sancar and he expressed his happiness to give his name to the campus. He is planning to attend the opening ceremony of the center."