Yılmaz Büyükerşen
| Yılmaz Büyükerşen | |
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| Mayor of Eskişehir | |
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Assumed office 18 April 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Orhan Soydaş |
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| Born | 1936 Eskişehir, Turkey |
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Democratic Left Party (1999-2011) Republican People's Party (2011-current) |
| Alma mater | Anadolu University |
Yılmaz Büyükerşen (born 1936 in Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish politician, educator and current elected Head of Central Municipality of Eskişehir.
Büyükerşen graduated from Eskişehir Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences (then Anadolu University) in 1962. During his academy years, he worked as a reporter, columnist, caricaturist and editor in various newspapers. With his friends from academy, they established the Chamber Theater and afterwards the Municipal Theater with the money collected from selling their [blood] to blood banks.
Following his graduation, he was awarded with assistantship at the finance department of the academy. In 1966, he competed his Ph.D. In 1968, he became associate professor; and in 1973, he became professor. Also in 1973, he prepared a model for Open university in Turkey. In 1976, he was elected as the chairman of the Eskişehir Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences. In July 1998 he was awarded an honorary degree from the British Open University as Doctor of the University.
In 1982, with the new Law of Higher Education in Turkey, he was elected as the rector of Anadolu University by the president of the Republic of Turkey. After his 5-year term ended, he was elected again in 1987 by President Turgut Özal. Besides this post, he served as a member of Higher Council of Radio and Television (RTÜK), and he was elected to chairmanship of RTYK twice. In 1993, with the new Law of RTUK, his chairmanship ended.
He established the first school of cinema and television in Eskişehir. He focused on culture and literature with establishing faculties of Literature, Communication Sciences, Applied Fine arts and also State Conservatory.
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