Last Updated On: Jan 11 2021 08:01 Gmt+3
Boğaziçi University is one of Turkey’s oldest higher education institutions.
It was founded in 1863 by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist, and Cyrus Hamlin, a Protestant missionary teacher.
In 1878, the institution stated that "The object of the College is to give to its students, without distinction of race or religion, a thorough educational equal in all respects to that obtained at a first-class American college and based upon the same general principles."
From 1971, Robert College became the name of the high school affiliated to the university, while the university became a public institution called Boğaziçi University.