The Ankara University, Law School (Turkish: Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi formerly known Ankara Adliye Hukuk Mektebi or AUHF) is the faculty of law at Ankara University in Turkey.
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History
Ankara University, Law School was established as part of Turkey's legal reforms, spearheaded by Mahmut Esat Bozkurt. The school was inaugurated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, on November 5, 1925. It was the first university-level higher education institution of the newly founded Republic, and its first cohort of students graduated in 1928.
During the opening ceremony, Atatürk expressed his profound sentiment, stating, "For no other institution do I feel such felicity as I feel for this institution, which will be the warranty of the Republic, and I am glad to reveal and open it."
Notable alumni
Ahmet Necdet Sezer – Former President of Turkey
Adnan Menderes – Former Prime Minister of Turkey
Bülent Arınç – Former speaker of the Turkish parliament (2002-2007)
Kemal Güven – Former speaker of the Turkish parliament (1973-1977)
Tülay Tuğcu – Former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
Deniz Baykal – Politician and former leader of the Republican People's Party
Uğur Mumcu – Investigative journalist for daily Cumhuriyet
Turgut Özakman – Turkish author
Emine Ülker Tarhan – Turkish former judge and politician
Jülide Gülizar – First anchorwoman of Turkey
Şerafettin Elçi – Former Minister of Public Works
Selahattin Demirtaş – Co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party
Kemal Burkay – Politician and writer
Çetin Altan – Journalist
Ece Temelkuran – Columnist and writer
Doğu Perinçek – Turkish politician
Çiğdem Toker – investigative journalist
Kamil Tolon – Turkish industrialist